Lualabaea

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]

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Lualabaea

Saint-Seine 1955
Type species
Lulabaea lerichei
Saint-Seine, 1955

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References

  1. Cavin, Lionel; Valentin, Xavier; Garcia, Géraldine (2016-07-01). "A new mawsoniid coelacanth (Actinistia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern France". Cretaceous Research. 62: 65–73. Bibcode:2016CrRes..62...65C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.002. ISSN 0195-6671.


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