Bourbonnella

Bourbonnella is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater bony fish that lived during the late Mississippian[2] (Carboniferous) and Asselian[3] (Cisuralian/early Permian epoch) in what is now Burgundy (Autun, France), Rhineland-Palatine (Germany) and the Czech Republik (Boskovice Graben).[3]

Bourbonnella
Temporal range:
Bourbonnella sottyi fossil
Scientific classification
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Family:
Aeduellidae
Genus:
Bourbonnella

Heyler 1967
Type species
Bourbonnella guilloti
Heyler 1967
Other species
  • B. fourrieri Poplin, 2001
  • B. hirsuta Štamberg, 2007
  • B. jocelynae Mickle, 2011[2]
  • B. sottyi Anonymous, 1972

The genus was named by Daniel Heyler in 1967, describing the type species B. guilloti. Other species in the genus are B. fourrieri, B. hirsuta, B. jocelynae, and B. sottyi.

See also

References

  1. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. Mickle, Kathryn E. (2011). "The early actinopterygian fauna of the Manning Canyon Shale Formation (upper Mississippian, lower Pennsylvanian) of Utah, U.S.A." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 962–980. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..962M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.595622. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 129224357.
  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.

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