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Extinct genus of fishes

Miguashaia
Temporal range: Givetian to Frasnian, 387.7–372.2 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Family: Miguashaiidae
Genus: Miguashaia
Schultze, 1973
Species
  • Miguashaia bureaui Schultze, 1973
  • Miguashaia grossi Forey et al. 2000

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

See also

List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Actinistia
Gnathostomata
Actinistia
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Actinistia
Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthiformes
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Miguashaia bureaui


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