Gabanellia

Gabanellia; Temporal range: Late Triassic (Norian), 215–211 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil specimen at Museo Civico Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Colobodontiformes
Family:	† Colobodontidae
Genus:	† Gabanellia ; Tintori & Lombardo, 1996
Species:	†G. agilis
Binomial name
	†Gabanellia agilis; Tintori & Lombardo, 1996

Last updated December 16, 2025

Gabanellia is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish from the Late Triassic of Italy. It contains a single species, G. agilis, from the Norian-aged Calcare di Zorzino formation.^[2]^[3]

It was previously placed in the order Perleidiformes as the only member of the family Gabanelliidae. However, in a 2022 taxonomic revision of "perleidiform"-type fish, it was found to instead belong to the family Colobodontidae, within the newly-defined Colobodontiformes.^[4]

References

↑ "The Paleobiology Database Gabanellia". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
↑ Tintori, Andrea; Lombardo, Cristina (1996-07-31). "Gabanellia agilis gen. n. sp. n., (Actinopterygii, Perleidiformes) from the Calcare di Zorzino of Lombardy (North Italy)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 102 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/5249. ISSN 2039-4942.
↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
↑ Yuan, Zhiwei; Xu, Guang-Hui; Dai, Xu; Wang, Fengyu; Liu, Xiaokang; Jia, Enhao; Miao, Luyi; Song, Haijun (2022-05-17). "A new perleidid neopterygian fish from the Early Triassic (Dienerian, Induan) of South China, with a reassessment of the relationships of Perleidiformes". PeerJ. 10 e13448. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13448 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 9121871 . PMID 35602899.

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[1] "The Paleobiology Database Gabanellia". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2009-01-26.

[2] Tintori, Andrea; Lombardo, Cristina (1996-07-31). "Gabanellia agilis gen. n. sp. n., (Actinopterygii, Perleidiformes) from the Calcare di Zorzino of Lombardy (North Italy)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 102 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/5249. ISSN 2039-4942.

[3] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

[4] Yuan, Zhiwei; Xu, Guang-Hui; Dai, Xu; Wang, Fengyu; Liu, Xiaokang; Jia, Enhao; Miao, Luyi; Song, Haijun (2022-05-17). "A new perleidid neopterygian fish from the Early Triassic (Dienerian, Induan) of South China, with a reassessment of the relationships of Perleidiformes". PeerJ. 10 e13448. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13448 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 9121871 . PMID 35602899.

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