Bawitius

Bawitius
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 99.7–94.3 Ma
Restoration of Bawitius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Polypteriformes
Family: Polypteridae
Genus: Bawitius
Grandstaff et al. 2012[1]
Species:
B. bartheli
Binomial name
Bawitius bartheli
Grandstaff et al. 2012,[1] (Schaal, 1984[2])
Synonyms

Bawitius is an extinct genus of giant polypterid from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation of Egypt.[1] The type species is B. bartheli, named as a species of Polypterus in 1984,[2] and the genus etymology comes from Bawiti, the principal settlement of the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt.[1] It is known from the holotype TU-B SFB 69 Vb 003 (= Bah 5/12-016): left ectopterygoid scales and some sparse scales.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Grandstaff, B. S; Smith, J. B.; Lamanna, M. C.; Lacovara, K. J.; Abdel-Ghani, M. S. (2012). "Bawitius, gen. nov., a giant polypterid (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 17–26. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626823. S2CID 140547157.
  2. ^ a b c d Schaal, S. (1984). Oberkretazische Osteichthyes (Knochenfische) aus dem Bereich von Bahariya und Kharge, Ägypten, und ihre Aussagen zur Palökologie und Stratigraphie. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, 53: 1–76.