Bobasatrania
| Bobasatrania Temporal range: | |
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| Bobasatrania canadensis fossil | |
| Bobasatrania canadensis restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Bobasatraniiformes |
| Family: | †Bobasatraniidae |
| Genus: | †Bobasatrania White, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| †Bobasatrania mahavavica White, 1932 | |
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Bobasatrania is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that survived the Permian-Triassic extinction event. Fossils of Bobasatrania were found in beds of Changhsingian (late Permian) to Ladinian (Middle Triassic) age. It was most speciose during the Early Triassic.
The genus was named after the locality Bobasatrana (near Ambilobe) in northeast Madagascar, from where the type species, Bobasatrania mahavavica, was described. The name of this species refers to the Mahavavy River.
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