†Diplurus Newberry 1878 (coelacanth)
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Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Parent taxon: Mawsoniidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Dutel et al. 2012, Forey 1998, Graf 2012, Hay 1902, Rapp 1946, Schultze 2004 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Axelrodichthys, Changxingia, Chinlea, Dipleurinae, Garnbergia, Graulia, Lualabaea, Mawsonia, Parnaibaia, Rhipis, Trachymetopon
Subtaxa: Diplurus longicaudatus Diplurus newarki
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (6: Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia collections)
• Triassic of United States (14: New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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