Graulia

Graulia
Temporal range: Ladinian
Holotype (top) and referred (bottom) specimens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Mawsoniidae
Genus: Graulia
Manuelli et al., 2024
Species:
G. branchiodonta
Binomial name
Graulia branchiodonta
Manuelli et al., 2024

Graulia is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of eastern France. It contains a single species, G. branchiodonta, and is represented by some of the most well preserved fossils of any Mesozoic coelacanth. Discovered in the Muschelkalk, two specimens are known, both of which are 16 cm long juveniles.[1]

  1. ^ Manuelli, Luigi; Fernández, Jorge Mondéjar; Dollman, Kathleen; Jakata, Kudakwashe; Cavin, Lionel (2024-11-06). "The most detailed anatomical reconstruction of a Mesozoic coelacanth". PLOS ONE. 19 (11): e0312026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0312026. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11540180.