Lualabaea Explained

Lualabaea is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater coelacanth, belonging to the family Mawsoniidae, from the Jurassic period.^[1] It contains two species, L. lerichei Saint-Seine, 1955 and L. henryi Saint-Seine, 1955, both known from the (formerly considered Middle Jurassic, but more recently Kimmeridgian-aged)^{[2] [3]} Stanleyville Formation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^{[4] [5] [6]} It may be related to or possibly synonymous with Axelrodichthys.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-07-18 . paleobiodb.org.
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3. Cavin . Lionel . Buffetaut . Eric . Dutour . Yves . Garcia . Géraldine . Loeuff . Jean Le . Méchin . Annie . Méchin . Patrick . Tong . Haiyan . Tortosa . Thierry . Turini . Eric . Valentin . Xavier . 2020-06-05 . The last known freshwater coelacanths: New Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from Southern France . PLOS ONE . en . 15 . 6 . e0234183 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0234183 . free . 1932-6203 . 7274394 . 32502171. 2020PLoSO..1534183C .
4. 2016-07-01. A new mawsoniid coelacanth (Actinistia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern France. Cretaceous Research. en. 62. 65–73. 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.002. 0195-6671. Cavin . Lionel . Valentin . Xavier . Garcia . Géraldine . 2016CrRes..62...65C .
5. Arbarello . Adriana Lopez . Rauhut . Oliver W. M. . Moser . Katrim . 2008-12-30 . Peces jurásicos de Gondwana . Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina . es . 63 . 4 . 557–585 . 1851-8249.
6. Brito . Paulo M. . Cupello . Camila . Yabumoto . Yoshitaka . Hell . Joseph V. . Brunet . Michel . Otero . Olga . 2018 . First occurrence of a mawsoniid (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia), Mawsonia soba sp. nov., in pre-Aptian Cretaceous deposits from Cameroon . Cretaceous Research . 86 . 91–96 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.014 . 2018CrRes..86...91B . 0195-6671.
7. Cavin . Lionel . Cupello . Camila . Yabumoto . Yoshitaka . Fragoso . Léo . Deesri . Uthumporn . Brito . Paulo M. . 2019 . マウソニア科シーラカンスの系統と進化 . 北九州市立自然史・歴史博物館研究報告a類（自然史） . 17 . 3–13 . 10.34522/kmnh.17.0_3.