Sinocoelacanthus fengshanensis Liu 1964 (coelacanth)

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes

Full reference: H. T. Liu. 1964. A new coelacanth from the marine Lower Triassic of N.W. Kwangsi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8:211-214

Belongs to Sinocoelacanthus according to H. T. Liu 1964

See also Forey 1998 and Schultze 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V.2895, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kangdong, Fengshan, which is in an Olenekian marine horizon in the Luolou Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kangdong, Fengshan

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