Eigilia
Extinct genus of fishes
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Eigilia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Roadian age (Guadalupian/middle Permian) in what is now Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan). It is known from the Verka Formation.[1][2][3]
| Eigilia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Eigiliidae |
| Genus: | †Eigilia Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977 |
| Species: | †E. nielseni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eigilia nielseni Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977 | |
The type and only species, Eigilia nielseni, is named after paleoichthyologist Eigil Nielsen.
