Nielsenia

Extinct genus of fishes

Nielsenia

Temporal range: Late Devonian

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Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Clade:  | Sarcopterygii
Class:  | Dipnoi
Family:  | †Phaneropleuridae
Genus:  | †Nielsenia
Lehman, 1959
Type species
†Nielsenia nordica

Lehman, 1959

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]

## References

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

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Dipnomorpha

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Clade: Osteichthyes
* Clade: Sarcopterygii
* Clade: Rhipidistia

| Gnathostomata|

*     * see Gnathostomata

Dipnomorpha|

*     * see below↓

Dipnomorpha

Dipnomorpha

* †Arquatichthys
* †Powichthys

†Porolepiformes|

* Duffichthys
* Durialepis
* Glyptolepis
* Hamodus
* Heimenia
* Holoptychius
* Laccognathus
* Porolepis
* Pseudosauripterus
* Quebecius
* Ventalepis

Dipnoi

* †Ctenodus
* †Conchopoma
* †Diabolepis
* †Dianodipterus
* †Eoctenodus
* †Gosfordia
* †Ichnomylax
* †Iranorhynchus
* †Isityumzi
* †Janvierpaucidentes
* †Megapleuron
* †Oervigia
* †Orlovichthys
* †Proceratodus
* †Rhinodipterus
* †Sagenodus
* †Straitonia
* †Tarachomylax
* †Tranodis
* †Westollrhynchus
* †Youngolepis

†Uranolophidae|

* Melanognathus
* Uranolophus

†Dipnorhynchidae|

* Dipnorhynchus
* Ganorhynchus
* Speonesydrion

†Stomiahykidae|

* Archaeonectes
* Stomiahykus

†Chirodipteridae|

* Chirodipterus
* Gogodipterus
* Palaedaphus
* Pillararhynchus
* Sorbitorhynchus
* Sunwapta

†Holodontidae|

* Asthenorhynchus
* Griphognathus
* Holodipterus
* Iowadipterus
* Robinsondipterus
* Xeradipterus

†Dipteridae|

* Amadeodipterus
* Conchodus
* Dipterus
* Howidipterus

†Fleurantiidae|

* Barwickia
* Fleurantia

†Rhynchodipteridae|

* Rhynchodipterus
* Soederberghia

†Phaneropleuridae|

* Andreyevichthys
* Nielsenia
* Phaneropleuron
* Pentlandia
* Scaumenacia

†Uronemidae|

* Ganopristodus
* Uronemus

Ceratodontoidei

* †Ferganoceratodus
* †Paraceratodus
* †Ptychoceratodus

Neoceratodontidae|

* †Archaeoceratodus
* †Asiatoceratodus
* †Mioceratodus
* Neoceratodus

†Ceratodontidae|

* Arganodus
* Ariguna
* Ceratodus
* Epiceratodus
* Lupaceratodus
* Metaceratodus
* Microceratodus?
* Potamoceratodus
* Retodus
* Tellerodus

†Gnathorhizidae|

* Beltanodus
* Gnathorhiza
* Microceratodus?
* Monongahela
* Namatozodia
* Palaeophichthys?
* Persephonichthys

Lepidosirenidae|

* Lepidosiren
* Protopterus

Taxon identifiers

Nielsenia nordica|

* Wikidata: Q3341291
* GBIF: 11124185

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