Piveteauia
Encyclopedia
Piveteauia is an extinct genus
of prehistoric coelacanth
fish which lived during the Lower Triassic
period. The genus is named for twentieth century French vertebrate paleontologist Jean Piveteau
. The type specimen was discovered in the Middle Sakamena Group in northwestern Madagascar
by French paleoichthyologist
Jean-Pierre Lehman.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of prehistoric coelacanth
Coelacanth
Coelacanths are members of an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of Sarcopterygii known to date....
fish which lived during the Lower Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...
period. The genus is named for twentieth century French vertebrate paleontologist Jean Piveteau
Jean Piveteau
Jean Piveteau was a distinguished French vertebrate paleontologist. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1956 and served as the institute's president in 1973.- External links :** at Google Books...
. The type specimen was discovered in the Middle Sakamena Group in northwestern Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
by French paleoichthyologist
Prehistoric fish
Prehistoric fish refers to early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Tertiary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology...
Jean-Pierre Lehman.
External links
- Taxonomy of Coelacanthinimorpha at Mikko's Phylogeny ArchiveMikko's Phylogeny ArchiveMikko's Phylogeny Archive is an amateur paleontology website maintained by Mikko Haaramo, a student at the University of Helsinki's Department of Geology, Division of Geology and Palaeontology....
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