Oshunia
Extinct genus of ray-finned fish
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Oshunia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Albian. Fossils of the genus were found in the Romualdo Formation of the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil.[1] Other authors assign a Cenomanian age to the fish.[2]
| Oshunia Temporal range: Albian ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | †Ionoscopiformes |
| Family: | †Ionoscopidae |
| Genus: | †Oshunia Wenz & Kellner 1986 |
| Type species | |
| †Oshunia brevis Wenz and Kellner 1986 | |
