Ginsburgia
| Ginsburgia Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Euteleostei |
| Genus: | †Ginsburgia Patterson, 1970 |
| Species: | †G. operta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ginsburgia operta Patterson, 1970
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Ginsburgia is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, G. operta, from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon. It is thought to be a basal euteleostean of uncertain affinities.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Maksoud, Sibelle; Hossny, Tamara El; Samankassou, Elias; Cavin, Lionel; Saad, Pierre Abi; Azar, Dany; Piuz, André (2025), Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätten of Lebano, doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7269932/v1, retrieved 2026-01-01
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