Nielsenia is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period in what is now Greenland. It is named after Eigil Nielsen.[1]

Nielsenia
Temporal range: Late Devonian
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Nielsenia
Binomial name
Nielsenia nordica
Lehman, 1959

References edit

  1. ^ Lehman, Jean Pierre (1959). "Les dipneustes du Dévonien supérieur du Groenland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in French). 160: 1–58.