Semionotus australis Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1890. The fossil fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Palaeontology 4:1-57

Belongs to Semionotus according to A. S. Woodward 1890

Sister taxa: Palaeoniscus agassizii, Semionotus agassizii, Semionotus beardmori, Semionotus bergeri, Semionotus braunii, Semionotus capensis, 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: Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll)

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