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†Semionotus capensis Woodward 1888 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Belongs to Semionotus according to A. López-Arbarello 2012

See also Gardiner 1960 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Palaeoniscus agassizii, Semionotus agassizii, Semionotus australis, Semionotus beardmori, Semionotus bergeri, Semionotus braunii, Semionotus elegans, Semionotus formosus, Semionotus fultus, Semionotus gibbus, Semionotus gigas, Semionotus howelli, Semionotus kapffi, Semionotus leptocephalus, Semionotus lineatus, Semionotus metcalfi, Semionotus micropterus, Semionotus minutus, Semionotus nilssoni, Semionotus normanniae, Semionotus ovatus, Semionotus parvus, Semionotus robustus, Semionotus tenuis, Semionotus trotti

Type specimen: BMNH P4089, a skeleton

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ficksburg (Jurassic of South Africa)

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