Concavotectum

Concavotectum is an extinct genus of tselfatiiforme bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian in Morocco and possibly Egypt.[1][2] It was discovered and named in 2008 and is known from a single well preserved hand-sized skull and a few isolated vertebrae discovered in the Kem Kem Group (Gara Sbaa Formation).[3][1][4] The type species, C. moroccensis, was named in 2008[4] and described in 2010.[1]A possible second specimen, found in the Baharija Formation, consists of a single vertebra, which was destroyed in 1940 during World War II. It is currently the holotype of the possible synonym Paranogmius.

Concavotectum
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
†Tselfatiiformes
Genus:
†Concavotectum

Cavin & Forey, 2008
Binomial name
†Concavotectum moroccensis
Cavin & Forey, 2008 vide Cavin et al., 2010
Synonyms

References
  1. Cavin L, Tong H, Boudad L, Meister C, Piuz A, Tabouelle J, et al. (2010) Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview. Journal of African Earth Sciences Geological Society of Africa Presidential Review No 16 57: 391–412.
  2. "Crossognathiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  3. Ibrahim, N.; Sereno, P.C.; Varricchio, D.J.; Martill, D.M.; Dutheil, D.B.; Unwin, D.M.; Baidder, L.; Larsson, H.C.E.; Zouhri, S.; Kaoukaya, A. (2020). "Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco". ZooKeys. 928: 1–216. doi:10.3897/zookeys.928.47517. PMC 7188693. PMID 32362741.
  4. Mesozoic Fishes 4 - Homology and Phylogeny, Chapter: A new tselfatiiform teleost from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Kem Kem beds, Southern Morocco, Publisher: Verlag Dr. F. Pfeil, Editors: Gloria Arratia, Hasn-Peter Schiultze, Mark V. H. Wilson, pp.199-216
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