Nielsenia
Extinct genus of fishes
Nielsenia Temporal range: Late Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Subclass: | Dipnoi |
Family: | †Phaneropleuridae |
Genus: | †Nielsenia |
Binomial name | |
†Nielsenia nordica Lehman, 1959 |
Nielsenia is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period in what is now Greenland. It is named after Eigil Nielsen.[1]
References
- ^ Lehman, Jean Pierre (1959). "Les dipneustes du Dévonien supérieur du Groenland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in French). 160: 1–58.
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