Watsonulus

Watsonulus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[2][1] It may have also occurred in what is now northern India.[3] Watsonulus belongs to Parasemionotidae together with Albertonia, Candelarialepis, Jacobulus, Lehmanotus, Parasemionotus, Qingshania, Stensioenotus, Suius and Thomasinotus.

Watsonulus Temporal range: Early Triassic[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Infraclass:	Holostei
Order:	Parasemionotiformes
Family:	†Parasemionotidae
Genus:	†Watsonulus Brough, 1939
Species:	†W. eugnathoides
Binomial name
†Watsonulus eugnathoides (Piveteau, 1935)
Synonyms
Watsonia eugnathoides

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. Olsen, P.E. (1984): The skull and pectoral girdle of the parasemionotid fish Watsonulus eugnathoides from the Early Triassic Sakamena Group of Madagascar, with comments on the relationships of the holostean fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4:481-499 https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1984.10012024
3. Romano et al. (2016): Marine Early Triassic Osteichthyes from Spiti, Indian Himalayas. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 135: 275-294 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-015-0098-6<