Libys Munster 1842 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Full reference: G. Munster. 1842. Beitrag zur Kenntniss einiger neuen seltenen Versteinerungen aus den lithographischen Schiefern in Baiern. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1842:35-46

Parent taxon: Latimeriinae according to C. Ferrante and L. Cavin 2023

See also Dutel et al. 2012, Forey 1998, Graf 2012, Schultze 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Holophagus, Latimeria, Macropoma, Megalocoelacanthus, Swenzia, Undina

Subtaxa: Libys callolepis Libys polypterus Libys superbus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), Switzerland (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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