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]

Ebenaqua
Temporal range: Changhsingian[1][2]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Bobasatraniiformes
Family: Bobasatraniidae
Genus: Ebenaqua
Campbell & Phuoc, 1983
Type species
Ebenaqua ritchiei
Campbell & Phuoc, 1983
Ebenaqua ritchiei fossil

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Campbell, K. S. W.; Le Duy Phuoc (1983). "A Late Permian actinopterygian fish from Australia". Palaeontology. 26 (1): 33–70.