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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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