Burtinia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|47.8|41.2|Middle Eocene{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=2009-02-20 }}}}

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| taxon = Burtinia bruxelliensis

| parent_authority = van Beneden, 1873

| authority = van Beneden, 1873

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Burtinia is an extinct genus of prehistoric seabream that lived during the middle Eocene. It contains a single species, B. bruxelliensis from the Lede Formation of Belgium.{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=2009-02-20 }}{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35970 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=paleobiodb.org}}{{Cite book |last=Leriche |first=Maurice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdkqAAAAYAAJ |title=Les poissons éocènes de la Belgique |date=1905 |location=Belgium |language=French}}{{Cite journal |last=Dobbels |first=Leon |date=1994 |title=Soortenlijst van fossiele vissen uit het Eoceen van België |url=https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/566640/AFZ1994015004010.pdf |journal=Afzettingen WTKG |volume=15 |issue=4}}{{Cite web |title=Burtinia bruxelliensis Van Beneden, 1873 — RBINS Virtual Collections |url=https://virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be/virtual-collections/paleontology/Fossil%20Vertebrates/Fossil%20Fishes/copy9_of_ophidia/burtinia-bruxelliensis-van-beneden-1873 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be |language=en}}

See also

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References