Lualabaea
Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lualabaea is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater coelacanth, belonging to the family Mawsoniidae, from the Jurassic period.[1] It contains two species, L. lerichei Saint-Seine, 1955 and L. henryi Saint-Seine, 1955, both known from the (formerly considered Middle Jurassic, but more recently Kimmeridgian-aged)[2][3] Stanleyville Formation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4][5][6] It may be related to or possibly synonymous with Axelrodichthys.[7]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | †Mawsoniidae |
Genus: | †Lualabaea Saint-Seine, 1955 |
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