Nielsenia

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Nielsenia
Temporal range: Late Devonian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Family: Phaneropleuridae
Genus: Nielsenia
Lehman, 1959
Type species
Nielsenia nordica
Lehman, 1959

Nielsenia is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period in what is now Greenland. It is named after Eigil Nielsen. [1]

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References

  1. Lehman, Jean Pierre (1959). "Les dipneustes du Dévonien supérieur du Groenland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in French). 160: 1–58.