Jacobulus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Jacobulus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now northern Madagascar 252.3 to 251.3 million years ago.[1][2] The type species is Jacobulus novus (monotypy). It was a small fish less than 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length. J. novus ecology was a grazer-detritivore. It belongs to the Parasemionotidae together with Albertonia, Candelarialepis, Icarealcyon, Lehmanotus, Parasemionotus, Qingshania, Stensioenotus, Suius, Thomasinotus, and Watsonulus.
| Jacobulus Temporal range: | |
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| Jacobulus novus type | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Parasemionotiformes |
| Family: | †Parasemionotidae |
| Genus: | †Jacobulus Lehman, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| †Jacobulus novus Lehman, 1952 | |
