Piveteauia
| Piveteauia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Piveteauia madagascariensis fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Whiteiidae |
| Genus: | †Piveteauia Lehman, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| †Piveteauia madagascariensis Lehman, 1952 | |
Piveteauia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Lower Triassic period. The type specimen was discovered in the Middle Sakamena Group in northwestern Madagascar by French paleoichthyologist Jean-Pierre Lehman. The genus is named after Jean Piveteau.