Holoptychus Agassiz 1843 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188

Parent taxon: Coelocanthiformes according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Canningius, Coelacanthidae, Coelacanthiidae, Coelacanthoidei, Coelacanthopsis, Cualabaea, Diplocercidae, Dobrogeria, Hadronectoridae, Latimeriidae, Latimeroidei, Lochmocercus, Luopingcoelacanthus, Miguashaiidae, Rhabdodermatidae, Sinocoelacanthus, Whiteiidae, Yunnancoelacanthus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Paine's Creek at LeRoy, Chagrin Fm. (Devonian of Ohio)

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