Sultanuvaisia

Sultanuvaisia is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous of Kyzyl Kum, central Asia. It was named by Lev Nesov in 1981.^[1] At first, he tentatively described the fossil material as jaw fragments of a ctenochasmatid pterosaur (a flying reptile),^[1] but reinterpreted Sultanuvaisia as a fish in 1986.^[2] The type species is S. antiqua.^[1]

Sultanuvaisia antiqua Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Ichthyodectiformes
Genus:	†Sultanuvaisia Nesov, 1981
Species:	†S. antiqua
Binomial name
†Sultanuvaisia antiqua Nesov, 1981