Tselfatia

Tselfatia; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian–Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	T. formosa specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Elopomorpha
Order:	†Tselfatiiformes
Genus:	†Tselfatia; Arambourg, 1944
Binomial name
	†Tselfatia formosa; Arambourg, 1944

Tselfatia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. It has been discovered in Texas and Germany. The type species, Tselfatia formosa, was named and described in 1944 by French paleontologist Camille Arambourg.^[2]

References

^ "Crossognathiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
^ Tselfatia Arambourg, 1944 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-08-03.

External links

Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database

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[1] "Crossognathiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

[2] Tselfatia Arambourg, 1944 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-08-03.

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