Garnbergia ommata Martin and Wenz 1984 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Full reference: M. Martin and S. Wenz. 1984. Découverte d'un nouveau Coelacanthidé, Garnbergia ommata n.g., n.sp., dans le Muschelkalk supérieur du Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 105:1-17

Belongs to Garnbergia according to Y. Yabumoto and A. Neuman 2004

See also Forey 1998, Martin and Wenz 1984 and Schultze 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 51035, a partial skeleton (skull and fragment of trunk). Its type locality is Künzelsau-Garnberg quarry, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Meissner Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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