Ginsburgia
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| Ginsburgia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Euteleostei |
| Genus: | †Ginsburgia Patterson, 1970 |
| Species: | †G. operta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ginsburgia operta Patterson, 1970 | |
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]
