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]

Luisiella
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Volkheimer et al., 2015, p.76

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Further reading

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  • 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.