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Ligulella

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Ligulella
Temporal range: Aalenian–Bathonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Ligulelliformes
Taverne, 2011
Family: Ligulellidae
De Saint Seine, 1955
Genus: Ligulella
De Saint Seine, 1955
Species:
L. sluysi
Binomial name
Ligulella sluysi
De Saint Seine, 1955
Synonyms
  • Ligulella fourmarieri de Saint Seine & Casier, 1962[1]

Ligulella is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Middle Jurassic epoch.[1][2] It contains one species, Ligulella sluysi. Ligulella is the only member of the family Ligulellidae and the order Ligulelliformes.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Taverne, L. (2011). "Ostéologie et relations de Ligulella (Halecostomi, Ligulelliformes nov. ord.), poisson du Jurassique moyen de Kisangani (Formation de Stanley ville) en République Démocratique du Congo" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (in French). 81: 213–233.
  2. ^ López-Arbarello, A.; Rauhut, O. W. M.; Moser, K. (2008). "Jurassic Fishes of Gondwana". Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. 63 (4): 586–612.