Iemanja (fish)

Iemanja is a genus of pycnodontiform fish from the Early Cretaceous, described from Romualdo Member (now Romualdo Formation) of Santana Group. This genus is known from only one species, I. palma. This fish is named after Yemọja, water spirit in Brazilian mythology.^[1] With length up to 60 cm (24 in),^[2] it is characterized by long snout that is probably used to feed from crevices of reef habitats.^[3]

Iemanja Temporal range: Early Albian, 111–108 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pycnodontiformes
Family:	†Pycnodontidae
Genus:	†Iemanja
Species:	†I. palma
Binomial name
†Iemanja palma Wenz, 1989

References

1. Wenz, S. (1989). "Iemanja palma, n.g., n.sp., a new Lower Cretaceous Gyrodontidae (Pisces, Actinopterygii) of Chapada do Araripe, northeastern Brazil". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série 2. 10: 975–980.
2. Brito, Paulo M.; Yoshitaka, Yabumoto (2011). "An updated review of the fish faunas from the Crato and Santana formations in Brazil, a close relationship to the Tethys fauna" (PDF). Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist., Ser. A. 9: 107–136.
3. Cawley, John Joseph; Kriwet, Jürgen (2019-03-04). "A new genus and species of pycnodontid fish Flagellipinna rhomboides , gen. et sp. nov. (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes), from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon, with notes on juvenile form and ecology". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (2): e1614012. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E4012C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1614012. ISSN 0272-4634. PMC 6817322. PMID 31709027.