Ebenaqua is an extinct genus of bobasatraniiform bony fish that lived during the Lopingian (late Permian) epoch, of what is now Blackwater, Queensland, Australia.[1] Fossils are found in the Rangal Coal Measures,[3] which are Changhsingian in age.[2] Its type and only species is Ebenaqua ritchiei.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Bobasatraniiformes |
| Family: | †Bobasatraniidae |
| Genus: | †Ebenaqua Campbell & Phuoc, 1983 |
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| †Ebenaqua ritchiei Campbell & Phuoc, 1983
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ a b Krings, Michael; Harper, Carla J.; Cuneo, N. Ruben; Rothwell, Gar W. (2018). Transformative Paleobotany: Papers to Commemorate the Life and Legacy of Thomas N. Taylor. Academic Press, Elsevier. ISBN 9780128130124.
- ^ a b Campbell, K. S. W.; Le Duy Phuoc (1983). "A Late Permian actinopterygian fish from Australia". Palaeontology. 26 (1): 33–70.
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