Pteronisculus nielseni

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Genus: †Pteronisculus

Species: †Pteronisculus nielseni

Name

†Pteronisculus nielseni Xu et al., 2014

• Holotype: IVPP V 20000. A nearly complete skeleton.

Etymology: The species name honors Eigil Nielsen for his great contributions to the study of Pteronisculus from the Early Triassic of East Greenland.

References

• Xu, G.-H., Shen, C.-C. & Zhao, L.-J. 2014. Pteronisculus nielseni sp. nov., a new stem-actinopteran fish from the Middle Triassic of Luoping, Yunnan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52(4): 364–380. PDF Reference page.