Puhmakudena
Puhmakudena is a genus of extinct ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous period. The genus is known from fossilized remains discovered in what is now North Africa. Puhmakudena belongs to the order Pholidophoriformes, a group of fish that represent an early radiation of teleosts, the group that includes most modern bony fish.
The fossils of Puhmakudena indicate that these fish possessed a relatively deep body with a single dorsal
The discovery of Puhmakudena contributes to our understanding of fish evolution during the Mesozoic Era. Its