Libys

Libys
Temporal range: Jurassic
Specimen of Libys at the Burgmeister Muller Museum, Solnhofen
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Suborder: Latimerioidei
Family: Latimeriidae
Genus: Libys
Münster, 1842
Species
  • Libys polypterus (Münster 1842) (type)
  • Libys superbus (Zittel, 1887)

Libys is a genus of coelacanth fish in the family of Latimeriidae. Species of Libys lived during the Lower-Upper Jurassic period (Toarcian - Tithonian, about 183 to 145 million years ago).