Eigilia Temporal range: Roadian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
Family: | †Eigiliidae |
Genus: | †Eigilia Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977 |
Species: | †E. nielseni |
Binomial name | |
†Eigilia nielseni Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977 |
Eigilia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Roadian age (Guadalupian/middle Permian) in what is now Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan). It is known from the Verka Formation.
The type and only species, Eigilia nielseni, is named after paleoichthyologist Eigil Nielsen.
See also
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
Taxon identifiers | |
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