Nielsenia

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Nielsenia
Temporal range: Late Devonian
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Nielsenia
Binomial name
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]

References[edit]

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