Luisiella

Luisiella Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific 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]

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]

See also

• List of prehistoric bony fish genera

References

1. 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

Bibliography

• Volkheimer, Wolfgang (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" (PDF), Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 18: 71–82, doi:10.4072/rbp.2015.1.04, retrieved 2018-05-19

Further reading

• 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.