Kushlukia

Kushlukia
Temporal range: Lower Eocene
Artist's reconstruction of K. permira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: †Kushlukiidae
Daniltshenko, 1968
Genus: †Kushlukia
Daniltshenko, 1968
Species:
†K. permira
Binomial name
†Kushlukia permira
Daniltshenko, 1968

Kushlukia is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Early Eocene of Asia. It is the only known member of the family Kushlukiidae, which is closely related to the modern louvars. It contains a single described species, K. permira from the Danata Formation lagerstatten of Turkmenistan. An apparent second species of Kushlukia is also known from the Fuller's Earth formation in the Barmer District, of Ypresian Rajasthan, India, although these specimens are too fragmentary to assign a proper species name. Luvarus necopinatus from the Danata Formation, which was previously thought to be closely related to the modern louvar, may actually also be a relative of Kushlukia.

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References

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  2. ↑ Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Tyler, James C. (1995). Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and †Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids. Smithsonian Institution. hdl:10088/19149.
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