Piveteauia

Piveteauia
Temporal range:
Piveteauia madagascariensis fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: †Whiteiidae
Genus: †
Lehman, 1952[1]
Type species
†Piveteauia madagascariensis
Lehman, 1952

Piveteauia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Lower Triassic period.[1] The type specimen was discovered in the Middle Sakamena Group in northwestern Madagascar by French paleoichthyologist Jean-Pierre Lehman.[1] The genus is named after Jean Piveteau.

References

  1. ^ a b c Gael Clement (1999-06-14). "The Actinistian (Sarcopterygii) Piveteauia madagascariensis Lehman from the Lower Triassic of Northwestern Madagascar: A redescription on the basis of new material". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (2): 234–242. Bibcode:1999JVPal..19..234C. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011137.


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