Miguashaia

Extinct genus of fishes

Miguashaia
Temporal range: Givetian to Frasnian, 387.7–372.2 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Family:
Miguashaiidae
Genus:
Miguashaia
Species:
M. bureaui
Binomial name
Miguashaia bureaui

Miguashaia is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period. Miguashaia is the most primitive coelacanth fish.

See also

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List of prehistoric bony fish

References

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Gnathostomata
    • see Gnathostomata
Actinistia
    • see below↓
Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Miguashaia bureaui


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