Ligulella Temporal range:
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Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
†Ligulella sluysi De Saint Seine, 1955
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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]