| Lualabaea Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
L. henryiSaint-Seine, 1955 | |
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. lericheiSaint-Seine, 1955 (=L. henryiSaint-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]