Afrocascudo

Afrocascudo
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian), ~
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Order: incertae sedis
Genus: †Afrocascudo
Brito et al., 2024
Species:
†A. saharaensis
Binomial name
†Afrocascudo saharaensis
Brito et al., 2024

Afrocascudo is a controversial genus of extinct neopterygian fish, either an ancient loricariid catfish or a juvenile obaichthyid lepisosteiform of the genus Obaichthys. It is known from the Late Cretaceous Douira Formation (Kem Kem Group) of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, A. saharaensis, known from a partial articulated specimen.

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