Biology:Luisiella

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Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Luisiella
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Luisiellidae
Genus: Luisiella
Bocchino, 1967
Species:
L. feruglioi
Binomial name
Luisiella feruglioi
(Bordas, 1942) [originally Tharrhias][2]

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.[3]

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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.

Wikidata ☰ Q6701359 entry