Fleurantia
Extinct genus of fishes
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Fleurantia is a genus of prehistoric marine lungfish which lived during the Devonian period of North America.[1] It contains a single species, F. denticulata, known from several partially articulated specimens from the Escuminac Formation of Quebec, Canada.[2][3] Potential remains of Fleurantia have also been recovered from the Devonian-aged Red Hill locality of Nevada, USA.[4]
| Fleurantia Temporal range: Middle Frasnian, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Family: | †Fleurantiidae |
| Genus: | †Fleurantia Graham-Smith & Westoll, 1937 |
| Species: | †F. denticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fleurantia denticulata Graham-Smith & Westoll, 1937 | |
