Sakamenichthys
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| Sakamenichthys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Redfieldiiformes |
| Genus: | †Sakamenichthys Lehman, Château, Laurain et Nauche, 1959 |
| Species: | †S. germaini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sakamenichthys germaini Lehman, Château, Laurain et Nauche, 1959 | |
Sakamenichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[2][1] Fossils were recovered from beds of the Middle Sakamena Formation of the Beroroha basin in the southern part of the island.[2]
Sakamenichthys was first assigned to the family Catopteridae, but was later tentatively referred to the order Redfieldiiformes.[3]
