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Coelacanthidae
Taxonomy
Coelacanthidae was named by Agassiz (1843). It is extant.
It was assigned to Crossopterygidae by Woodward (1916); to Actinistia by Cope (1887), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902) and Jordan (1963); to Coelacanthini by Casier (1965); to Coelacanthoidei by Schultze (2004); to Actinistia by Maisey (1986), Schwimmer et al. (1994), Delsate et al. (2002) and Irmis (2005); and to Coelacanthiformes by Gardiner (1960), Beltan (1972), Heckert (2004), Tong et al. (2006) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Crossopterygidae by Woodward (1916); to Actinistia by Cope (1887), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902) and Jordan (1963); to Coelacanthini by Casier (1965); to Coelacanthoidei by Schultze (2004); to Actinistia by Maisey (1986), Schwimmer et al. (1994), Delsate et al. (2002) and Irmis (2005); and to Coelacanthiformes by Gardiner (1960), Beltan (1972), Heckert (2004), Tong et al. (2006) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1843 | Coelacanthidae Agassiz |
1887 | Coelacanthidae Cope p. 1018 |
1891 | Coelacanthidae Woodward p. 394 |
1902 | Coelacanthidae Hay p. 363 |
1916 | Coelacanthidae Woodward p. 21 |
1960 | Coelacanthidae Gardiner p. 242 |
1963 | Coelacanthidae Jordan p. 609 |
1965 | Coelacanthidae Casier p. 43 |
1972 | Coelacanthidae Beltan p. 285 |
1986 | Coelacanthidae Maisey p. 3 |
1994 | Coelacanthidae Schwimmer et al. p. 503 |
2002 | Coelacanthidae Delsate et al. p. 37 |
2004 | Coelacanthidae Heckert p. 42 |
2004 | Coelacanthidae Schultze p. 466 |
2005 | Coelacanthidae Irmis p. 67 |
2006 | Coelacanthidae Tong et al. p. 157 |
2016 | Coelacanthidae Nelson et al. p. 104 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Coelacanthidae Agassiz 1843
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G. †Coelacanthus Agassiz 1839
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†Coelacanthus banffensis Lambe 1916
†Coelacanthus dendrites Gardiner 1973
†Coelacanthus elongatus Huxley 1866
†Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan 1980
†Coelacanthus exiguus Eastman 1902
†Coelacanthus gracilis Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz 1839
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Invalid names: Coelacanthus caudalis Egerton 1850 [synonym], Coelacanthus hassiae Münster 1842 [synonym]
†Coelacanthus lepturus Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus lunzensis Teller 1891
†Coelacanthus madagascariensis Woodward 1910
†Coelacanthus minor Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus munsteri Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus ornatus Newberry 1856
†Coelacanthus phillipsii Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus robustus Newberry 1856
†Coelacanthus tingleyensis Davis 1884
†Coelacanthus welleri Eastman 1908
Invalid names: Conchiopsis Cope 1873 [synonym]
G. †Graphiurichthys White and Moy-Thomas 1937
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†Graphiurichthys callopterus Kner 1866
Invalid names: Graphiurus Kner 1866 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available