| Fleurantia Temporal range: Middle Frasnian, | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Family: | † Fleurantiidae |
| Genus: | † Fleurantia Graham-Smith & Westoll, 1937 |
| Species: | †F. denticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fleurantia denticulata Graham-Smith & Westoll, 1937 | |
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]