Biology:Ligulella

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Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Ligulella
Temporal range: Aalenian–Bathonian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Ligulelliformes
Taverne, 2011
Family: Ligulellidae
De Saint Seine, 1955
Genus: Ligulella
De Saint Seine, 1955
Species:
L. sluysi
Binomial name
Ligulella sluysi
De Saint Seine, 1955
Synonyms
  • Ligulella fourmarieri de Saint Seine & Casier, 1962[1]

Ligulella is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Middle Jurassic epoch.[1][2] It contains one species, Ligulella sluysi. Ligulella is the only member of the family Ligulellidae and the order Ligulelliformes.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6546881 entry