What is Bobasatrania?
{{no footnotes|date=March 2024}} [[File:Bobasatrania canadensis.jpg|thumb|''[[Bobasatrania canadensis]]'' restoration]] '''''Bobasatrania''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of prehistoric [[bony fish]] that lived during the [[Triassic]]. It’s best known from beds of [[Changhsingian]] to [[Ladinian]] age. It is one of the most famous survivors of the [[Permian–Triassic extinction event]]. ''Bobasatrania'' originated during the [[Lopingian]] epoch. ''Bobasatrania'' is part of the [[Bobasatraniiformes]]. The [[type species]] was named after Bobasatrana (near Ambilobe) in northeast [[Madagascar]]. The [[species]] is named after a [[river]] called the [[Mahavavy River]]. == Description == ''Bobasatrania'' had a unique [[diamond]]-shaped body. It had a forked tail. It did not exceed 30 cm in length. The [[Pectoral fin|pectoral fins]] were thin and elongated. It had large [[Eye|eyes]] and a small [[mouth]]. == Distribution == [[Fossil|Fossils]] have been found in many places ([[Canada]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greenland]], [[Italy]], [[Madagascar]], [[Spitsbergen]], [[Pakistan]], [[Switzerland]], [[United States|USA]]). == Classification == On 1932, [[Errol White]] discovered the type species, ''B. mahavavica''. ''Bobasatrania'', ''[[Dorypterus]]'', ''[[Ebenaqua]]'', and ''[[Ecrinesomus]]'' make up the [[Bobasatraniiformes]], an extinct order of [[ray-finned fish]]. === Species === * †''[[Bobasatrania antiqua]]'' <small>Accordi, 1955</small> * †''[[Bobasatrania canadensis]]'' <small>Lambe, 1914</small> * †''[[Bobasatrania ceresiensis]]'' <small>Bürgin, 1992</small> * †''[[Bobasatrania groenlandica]]'' <small>Stensiö, 1932</small> * †''[[Bobasatrania ladina]]'' <small>Accordi, 1955</small> * †''[[Bobasatrania mahavavica]]'' <small>White, 1932</small> ([[type species]]) * †''[[Bobasatrania nathorsti]]'' <small>Stensiö, 1921</small> * †''[[Bobasatrania scutata]]'' <small>Gervais, 1852</small> === Synonyms === * <abbr>†</abbr>''Haywardia'' <small>Tanner, 1936</small> * <abbr>†</abbr>''Lambeichthys'' <small>Lehman, 19