Kushlukia

Kushlukia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish, closely related to the luvar, that lived during the lower Eocene.^[1] K. permira is from Eocene portion of the Danata Formation Lagerstatten (which otherwise spans the Thanetian epoch of the Paleocene to the Lowest Eocene), of Turkmenistan. A second, as yet undescribed species is from the Fuller's Earth formation Lagerstatten in the Barmer District, of Ypresian Rajasthan, India.

Kushlukia Temporal range: Lower Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction of K. permira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	†Kushlukiidae Daniltshenko, 1968
Genus:	†Kushlukia Daniltshenko, 1968
Species
Kushlukia permira Danilchenko, 1968 Kushlukia sp.

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Avitoluvarus
• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish