Barameda

Barameda
Temporal range: Tournasian
~355 Ma
↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Order:
†Rhizodontida
Family:
†Rhizodontidae
Genus:
†Barameda
Species
  • †B. decipiens
  • †B. mitchelli

Barameda (Indigenous Australian language: "fish trap"[1]) is a genus of rhizodont lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Tournaisian stage near the start of the Carboniferous period in Australia; fossils of the genus have been reported from the Snowy Plains Formation.[2] The largest member of this genus, Barameda decipiens, reached an estimated length of around 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft),[3] while smallest species, B. mitchelli is estimated to have had a length of about 35 centimetres (14 in).[4]

  1. ^ Long, John A. (1989-03-30). "A new rhizodontiform fish from the Early Carboniferous of Victoria, Australia, with remarks on the phylogenetic position of the group". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 9 (1): 1–17. Bibcode:1989JVPal...9....1L. doi:10.1080/02724634.1989.10011735. ISSN 0272-4634.
  2. ^ Holland, Timothy; Warren, Anne; Johanson, Zerina; Long, John; Parker, Katherine; Garvey, Jillian (2007-06-12). "A new species of Barameda (Rhizodontida) and heterochrony in the rhizodontid pectoral fin". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (2): 295–315. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[295:ANSOBR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86156691.
  3. ^ Holland, Timothy (2010-12-14). "Upper Devonian osteichthyan remains from the Genoa River, Victoria, Australia". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 67: 35–44. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2010.67.04.
  4. ^ Jeffery, Jonathan E. (2012-09-01). "Cranial morphology of the Carboniferous rhizodontid Screbinodus ornatus (Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (3): 475–519. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.595961. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 84810001.