 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2021) |
| Oeselia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Thelodontiformes |
| Family: | †Oeseliidae Märss, 2005 |
| Genus: | †Oeselia Märss, 2005 |
| Species: | †O. mosaica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Oeselia mosaica Märss, 2005[1]
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Oeselia mosaica is a fossil jawless fish and is the only species in its genus and in the family Oeseliidae (Oesel being the old name for Saaremaa Island in Estonia). It is a member of an extinct family of thelodonts or jawless fishes. The family and genus were established along with the description of the species by Tiuu Märss in 2005.[1]
- ^ a b Märss, Tiiu (2005). "Thelodont Oeselia mosaica gen. et sp. nov. from the Wenlock and Ludlow of the East Baltic". Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology. 54 (3): 181–190. doi:10.3176/geol.2005.3.03. S2CID 240222337.