Biology:Nursallia

Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Nursallia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Eocene, 99.7–48.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Nursallia gutturosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pycnodontiformes
Family:	†Pycnodontidae
Subfamily:	†Nursallinae
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.

References

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3879910 entry