Biology:Lualabaea

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Lualabaea
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Berriasian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Mawsoniidae
Genus: Lualabaea
Saint-Seine, 1955
Type species
Lulabaea lerichei
Saint-Seine, 1955

Lualabaea is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth, belonging to the family Mawsoniidae, containing the single species L. lerichei. It has been found in Late Jurassic or Berriasian aged deposits in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6694970 entry