Eigilia

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Eigilia
Temporal range: Roadian
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Eigilia

Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977
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Eigilia nielseni
Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977

Eigilia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Roadian age (Guadalupian/middle Permian) in what is now Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan).[2][3]

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

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  1. ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.