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†Nielsenia Lehman 1959 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha

Parent taxon: Dipnoi according to K. S. W. Campbell and R. E. Barwick 1990

Sister taxa: Adelargo, Amadeodipterus, Apatorhynchus, Ballagadus, Cathlorhynchus, Celsiodon, Ceratodonti, Ceratodontidae, Ceratodontiformes, Ceratodontoidei, Chirodipteroidea, Coccovedus, Ctenodontiformes, Ctenodontoidei, Ctenodus, Devonosteus, Diabolepidiformes, Dianodipterus, Dipnoiformes, Dipnorhynchiformes, Dipnorhynchina, Dipnorhynchoidei, Dipteri, Dipterida, Dipteriformes, Dipteroidei, Dongshanodus, Ferganoceratodus, Gnathorhizidae, Gosfordia, Harajicadipterus, Holodipterida, Jessenia, Limanichthys, Megapleuron, Melanognathus, Neoceratodontidae, Occludus, Oervigia, Persephonichthys, Pinnalongus, Powichthyidae, Proceratodus, Protopteri, Ptychoceratodontidae, Sagenodontidae, Sinodipterus, Sirenoidei, Speonesydrionina, Speonysedrion, Synthetodus, Tarachomylax, Uranolophina, Uronemoidei, Westollrhynchus, Xylognathus, Youngolepididae

Subtaxa: Nielsenia nordica

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gunnar Andersson Land, north side of Dusenfjord (Devonian of Greenland)

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