Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Synonyms: Macropomidae Owen 1860, Undinidae Whitley 1940
Parent taxon: Latimerioidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Clement 2005, Clement 2006, Dutel et al. 2012, Forey 1998, Graf 2012, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Dipluridae, Mawsoniidae, Palaeoctopus pelagicus
Subtaxa: Indocoelacanthus Latimeriinae Macropomoides Ticinepomiinae
Type: Latimeria
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (3), India (3), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Triassic of Italy (3), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (24)
Total: 55 collections including 57 occurrences