Ebenaqua
| Ebenaqua Temporal range:
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| Artist's restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Bobasatraniiformes |
| Family: | †Bobasatraniidae |
| Genus: | †Ebenaqua Campbell & Phuoc, 1983 |
| Species: | †E. ritchei
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| Binomial name | |
| Ebenaqua ritchei Campbell & Phuoc, 1983
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Ebenaqua ritchiei is an extinct species of bobasatraniiform that lived during the Lopingian of Australia. Ebenaqua resembled a Moorish idol. Its dorsal fin was high. It had the typical sharp snout. It did not exceed 15 cm in length.
Ebenaqua ritchiei was described in 1983 based on fossils found in Queensland. It is a member of the Bobasatraniiformes, along with Bobasatrania, Ecrinesomus, and Dorypterus.
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- Campbell, K. S. W.; Le Duy Phuoc (1983). "A Late Permian actinopterygian fish from Australia". Palaeontology. 26 (1): 33–70.
Other websites
- Ebenaqua on Fossilworks
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ↑ Krings, Michael; Harper, Carla J.; Cuneo, N. Ruben; Rothwell, Gar W. (2018). Transformative Paleobotany: Papers to Commemorate the Life and Legacy of Thomas N. Taylor. Academic Press, Elsevier. ISBN 9780128130124.