Donnrosenia

Donnrosenia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Genus: †Donnrosenia
Species:
†D. schaefferi
Binomial name
†Donnrosenia schaefferi
Long et al., 2008

Donnrosenia is an extinct monotypic genus of basal ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Antarctica during the Givetian stage of the Middle Devonian epoch.[1]

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Donnrosenia is the sister taxon to Howqualepis, known from fossils from Victoria, Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  2. ^ Long, John A.; Choo, Brian; Young, Gavin C. (August 2008). "A new basal actinopterygian fish from the Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone of Antarctica". Antarctic Science. 20 (4): 393–412. doi:10.1017/S0954102008001144. ISSN 0954-1020. Retrieved 28 February 2026 – via Cambridge Core.
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