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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Luisiellidae |
| Genus: | †Luisiella Bocchino, 1967 |
| Species: | †L. feruglioi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Luisiella feruglioi | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Sferco, E.; López-Arbarello, A.; Báez, A. M. (2015). "Anatomical description and taxonomy of † Luisiella feruglioi (Bordas), new combination, a freshwater teleost (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (3): e924958. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E4958S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.924958. hdl:11336/85831. S2CID 84708931.
- ^ Volkheimer et al., 2015, p.76
Bibliography edit
- Volkheimer, Wolfgang et al. 2015. Environmental and climatic proxies for the Cañadón Asfalto and Neuquén Basins (Patagonia, Argentina) - Review of Middle to Upper Jurassic continental and near coastal sequences. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18. 71–82. Accessed 2018-05-19.
Further reading edit
- 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.
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