Sultanuvaisia
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Sultanuvaisia is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous of Kyzyl Kum, central Asia. It was named by Lev Nessov in 1981.[1] At first, he tentatively described the fossil material as jaw fragments of a ctenochasmatid pterosaur (a flying reptile),[1] but reinterpreted Sultanuvaisia as a fish in 1986.[2] The type species is S. antiqua.[1]
| Sultanuvaisia antiqua Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes |
| Genus: | †Sultanuvaisia Nessov, 1981 |
| Species: | †S. antiqua |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sultanuvaisia antiqua Nessov, 1981 | |
