Lualabaea

Lualabaea is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater coelacanth, belonging to the family Mawsoniidae, from the Jurassic period.^[1][2] It contains a single species^[2], L. lerichei Saint-Seine, 1955 (=L. henryi Saint-Seine, 1955), known from the Kimmeridgian-aged (formerly considered Middle Jurassic)^[3][4] Stanleyville Formation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[5][6][7] It may be related to or possibly synonymous with Axelrodichthys.^[8]

Lualabaea Temporal range: Kimmeridgian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Suborder:	Latimerioidei
Family:	†Mawsoniidae
Genus:	†Lualabaea Saint-Seine, 1955
Species:	†L. lerichei
Binomial name
†Lualabaea lerichei Saint-Seine, 1955
Synonyms
L. henryi Saint-Seine, 1955