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Nursallia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Eocene, 99.7–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of "Nursallia" goedeli, a species tentatively classified to this genus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pycnodontiformes
Family:	†Pycnodontidae
Subfamily:	†Nursallinae
Genus:	†Nursallia Blot 1987
Type species
Nursallia veronae Blot, 1987

Nursallia is an extinct genus of pycnodontid ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Late Cretaceous period until its extinction during the Eocene.

References

1. Paleobiology Database

• Studies on Mexican Paleontology (Topics in Geobiology) by Francisco J. Vega, Torrey G. Nyborg, María del Carmen Perrilliat, and Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros (page 179)
• P. L. Forey, L. Yi, C. Patterson and C. E. Davis. 2003. Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(4):227-330

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Pycnodontiformes see below↓ Pycnodontiformes
Pycnodontiformes Acrorhinichthys Apomesodon Arduafrons Athrodon Grimmenodon Gyrodus Macromesodon Paramesturus Piranhamesodon Thurmondella Mesturidae Mesturus Micropycnodon? Brembodontidae Brembodus Eomesodon? Gibbodon? Serrasalmimidae Damergouia Diastemapycnodus Eoserrasalmimus Polygyrodus Serrasalmimus Coccodontoidea Congopycnodus Gebrayelichthyidae Gebrayelichthys Maraldichthys Coccodontidae Coccodus Corusichthys Cosmodus? Hensodon Ichthyoceros? Paracoccodus Trewavasia Gladiopycnodontidae Ducrotayichthys Gladiopycnodus Hayolperichthys Ichthyoceros? Joinvillichthys Monocerichthys Pankowskichthys Rostropycnodus Stenoprotome Tricherichthys Pycnodontidae Acrotemnus Agassizilia? Akromystax Anomoeodus Brauccipycnodus Coelodus Costapycnodus Gregoriopycnodus Haqelpycnodus Iemanja Libanopycnodus Macropycnodon? Neoproscinetes Njoerdichthys Ocloedus Potiguara Rhinopycnodus Sigmapycnodus Stemmatodus Stenamara Tepexichthys Texasensis Thiollierepycnodus Turbomesodon Proscinetinae Neoproscinetes Proscinetes Thiollierepycnodus? Turbomesodon? Turboscinetes Nursalliinae Abdobalistum Flagellipinna Neomesturus? Nursallia Palaeobalistum? Paranursallia Pycnodontinae Agoultpycnodus Oropycnodus Polazzodus Pycnodus Scalacurvichthys Sylvienodus Tergestinia

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• Pycnodontiformes genera
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• Paleocene fish
• Eocene fish
• Prehistoric fish of Europe
• Fossil taxa described in 1987
• Eocene genus extinctions
• Cenomanian genus first appearances
• Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs