Coelacanthus madagascariensis Woodward 1910 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1910. I. - On some Permo-Carboniferous fishes from Madagascar. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 5:1-6

Belongs to Coelacanthus according to G. Clement 1999

See also Moy-Thomas 1935

Sister taxa: Coelacanthus banffensis, Coelacanthus dendrites, Coelacanthus elegans, Coelacanthus elongatus, Coelacanthus evolutus, Coelacanthus exiguus, Coelacanthus gracilis, Coelacanthus granulatus, Coelacanthus lepturus, Coelacanthus lunzensis, Coelacanthus minor, Coelacanthus munsteri, Coelacanthus ornatus, Coelacanthus phillipsii, Coelacanthus robustus, Coelacanthus tingleyensis, Coelacanthus welleri

Type specimen: BMNH P10788, a skeleton. Its type locality is Mahavavy river, Andogozo (BMNH collection), which is in a Dienerian marine shale in Madagascar.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Madagascar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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