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| Family: | †Phaneropleuridae |
| Genus: | †Nielsenia |
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| †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
- ↑ Lehman, Jean Pierre (1959). "Les dipneustes du Dévonien supérieur du Groenland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in French). 160: 1–58.
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