Lualabaea
Extinct genus of fishes
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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]
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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 | |
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Lualabaea henryi Saint-Seine, 1955 | |
