Pseudoellimma

Extinct species of fish

Pseudoellimma
Temporal range: Barremian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Genus: Pseudoellimma
De Figueiredo 2009
Type species
Pseudoellimma gallae
De Figueiredo, 2009

Pseudoellimma gallae is an extinct species of clupeiform fish which existed in the Coqueiro Seco Formation, Brazil during the early Cretaceous period.[1] It was described by Francisco J. De Figueiredo in 2009, in a new genus, Pseudoellimma.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Francisco J. De Figueiredo (2009). "A new clupeiform fish from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Northeastern Brazil". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (4): 993–1005. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..993D. doi:10.1671/039.029.0402. S2CID 220436023.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudoellimma gallae


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