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Luganoia

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Luganoia Temporal range: Anisian–Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Luganoiiformes
Family:	†Luganoiidae
Genus:	†Luganoia Brough, 1939
Type species
†Luganoia lepidosteoides Brough, 1939
Species
†L. fortuna Xu, 2020

Luganoia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian and Ladinian ages of the Middle Triassic epoch. Fossils were recovered from the Besano FormationofMonte San Giorgio and Besano area (Swiss-Italian boundary) and from the Zhuganpo Member (Falang Formation) of Guizhou, South China.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was also reported from the Ladinian of Spain.

The genus is named after Lake Lugano next to Monte San Giorgio.

References[edit]

^ Bürgin, Toni (1992). "Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Systematic palaeontology with notes on functional morphology and palaeoecology". Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen. 114: 1–164.

^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.