Luisiella

Luisiella
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pachycormiformes
Family: Dussumieriidae
Genus: Luisiella
Bocchino 1967
Type species
Luisiella inexcutata

Luisiella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in either the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation or Cañadón Asfalto Formation in Chubut Province, Argentina.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Volkheimer et al., 2015, p.76

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Bocchino, A. (1967). Luisiella inexcutata gen. et sp. nov. (Pisces, Clupeiformes, Dussumieriidae) del Jurásico superior de la provincia de Chubut, Argentina. Ameghiniana 4, 91–100.
  • "Pachycormiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
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