Biology:Oshunia
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Genus: | Oshunia
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| Oshunia brevis Wenz & Kellner 1986
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Oshunia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Albian. Fossils of the genus were found in the Romualdo Formation of the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil.[1] Other authors assign a Cenomanian age to the fish.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Oshunia at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Further reading
- S. Wenz and A. W. A. Kellner. 1986. Découverte du premier Ionoscopidae (Pisces, Halecomorphi) sud-américain, Oshunia brevis n.g., n.sp., dans le Crétacé inférieur de la Chapada do Araripe (nord-est du Brésil). Bulletin du Museum national d'historie naturelle. Section C. Sciences de la terre, paleontologie, geologie, mineralogie 8(1):77-88
Wikidata ☰ Q7106666 entry
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