Mamulichthys

Mamulichthys is an extinct bony fish from the Permian of what is now European Russia. Its only species is M. ignotus. It was small in size and resembled a coelacanth. Operculum is large and rounded. The ventral side had longitudinal rows of large and massive scales.

Reconstruction of Mamulichthys ignotus

References

  1. Minikh (=Minich), Alla V. (2014). "Mamulichthys ignotus gen. et sp. nov., a new actinopterygian from the Middle Permian of the southeastern East Europe Platform". Paleontological Journal.
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