Eigilia

Eigilia Temporal range: Roadian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Elonichthyiformes
Family:	†Eigiliidae
Genus:	†Eigilia Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977
Species:	†E. nielseni
Binomial name
†Eigilia nielseni Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977

Eigilia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Roadian age (Guadalupian/middle Permian) in what is now Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan). It is known from the Verka Formation.[1][2][3]

The type and only species, Eigilia nielseni, is named after paleoichthyologist Eigil Nielsen.

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
3. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.