Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Parent taxon: Coelacanthiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Clement 2005, Clement 2006, Dutel et al. 2012, Forey 1998, Graf 2012, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Canningius, Coelacanthidae, Coelacanthiidae, Coelacanthoidei, Coelacanthopsis, Cualabaea, Diplocercidae, Dobrogeria, Hadronectoridae, Holoptychus, Latimeroidei, Lochmocercus, Luopingcoelacanthus, Miguashaiidae, Rhabdodermatidae, Sinocoelacanthus, Whiteiidae, Yunnancoelacanthus
Subtaxa: Indocoelacanthus Latimeriinae Macropomoides Ticinepomiinae
Type: Latimeria
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (2), India (3), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Triassic of Italy (3), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (24)
Total: 52 collections including 53 occurrences