Piveteauia

Piveteauia
Temporal range: Induan
Piveteauia madagascariensis fossil
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Piveteauia

Lehman, 1952
Type species
Piveteauia madagascariensis
Lehman, 1952

Piveteauia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Lower Triassic period. The type specimen was discovered in the Middle Sakamena Group in northwestern Madagascar by French paleoichthyologist Jean-Pierre Lehman. The genus is named after Jean Piveteau.



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