Nursallia
Extinct genus of fishes
| Nursallia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Eocene, 99.7–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of Nursallia gutturosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nursallinae |
| Genus: | †Nursallia Blot 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Nursallia veronae Blot, 1987 | |
Nursallia is an extinct genus of pycnodontid ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Late Cretaceous period until its extinction during the Eocene.[1]
References
- ^ Paleobiology Database
- Studies on Mexican Paleontology (Topics in Geobiology) by Francisco J. Vega, Torrey G. Nyborg, María del Carmen Perrilliat, and Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros (page 179)
- P. L. Forey, L. Yi, C. Patterson and C. E. Davis. 2003. Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(4):227-330
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