Nursallia

Nursallia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Eocene, 99.7–48.6 Ma
Fossil of Nursallia gutturosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:†Pycnodontiformes
Family:†Pycnodontidae
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

  1. ↑ 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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