Bluefieldius
Bluefieldius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Mississippian (Early Carboniferous) epoch in what is now West Virginia, United States. It is known form a single fossil collected from the Bluefield Formation.[1] The type and only species (monotypy) is Bluefieldius mercerensis.
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| Genus: | †Bluefieldius Mickle, 2018 |
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| †Bluefieldius mercerensis Mickle, 2018 | |
References
- Mickle, Kathryn E. (2018). "A new lower actinopterygian fish from the Upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation of West Virginia, USA". PeerJ. 6: e5533. doi:10.7717/peerj.5533. PMC 6119456. PMID 30186696.
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