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]
Pseudoellimma Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Genus: | †Pseudoellimma De Figueiredo 2009 |
Type species | |
†Pseudoellimma gallae De Figueiredo, 2009
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References
edit- ^ 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.