Hajulia
Temporal range: Upper Cenomanian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Albuliformes
Family: Albulidae
Subfamily: Pterothrissinae
Genus: Hajulia
Woodward, 1942
Species:
H. multidens
Binomial name
Hajulia multidens
Woodward, 1942

Hajulia is an extinct genus of bonefish that lived during the Late Cretaceous.[1] It contains a single species, H. multidens from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon.[2][3]

It was a member of the Pterothrissinae, the same subfamily that contains the modern gissus in Nemoossis and Pterothrissus.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Maksoud, Sibelle; Hossny, Tamara El; Samankassou, Elias; Cavin, Lionel; Saad, Pierre Abi; Azar, Dany; Piuz, André (2025), Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätten of Lebano, doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7269932/v1, retrieved 2026-05-09
  3. ^ Amalfitano, Jacopo; Giusberti, Luca; Fornaciari, Eliana; Carnevale, Giorgio (2020-04-03). "UPPER CENOMANIAN FISHES FROM THE BONARELLI LEVEL (OAE2) OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13224. ISSN 2039-4942.
  4. ^ Hernández-Guerrero, Citlalli; Cantalice, Kleyton Magno; González-Rodríguez, Katia Adriana; Bravo-Cuevas, Víctor Manuel (2021-04-01). "The first record of a pterothrissin (Albuliformes, Albulidae) from the Muhi Quarry, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Hidalgo, central Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 107 103032. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103032. ISSN 0895-9811.