Hajulia
Extinct genus of fishes
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Hajulia is an extinct genus of bonefish that lived during the Late Cretaceous.[1] It contains a single species, H. multidens from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon.[2][3]
| Hajulia Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Albuliformes |
| Family: | Albulidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterothrissinae |
| Genus: | †Hajulia Woodward, 1942 |
| Species: | †H. multidens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hajulia multidens Woodward, 1942 | |
It was a member of the Pterothrissinae, the same subfamily that contains the modern gissus in Nemoossis and Pterothrissus.[4]