| Eigilia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Family: | †Eigiliidae |
| Genus: | †Eigilia Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| †Eigilia nielseni Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977
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Eigilia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Roadian age (Guadalupian/middle Permian) in what is now Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan).[1][2]
The type and only species, Eigilia nielseni, is named after paleoichthyologist Eigil Nielsen.
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