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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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