Foreyia maxkuhni Cavin et al. 2017 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Full reference: L. Cavin, B. Mennecart, C. Obrist, L. Costeur, and H. Furrer. 2017. Heterochronic evolution explains novel body shape in a Triassic coelacanth from Switzerland. Scientific Reports 7(13695):1-7

Belongs to Foreyia according to L. Cavin et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIMUZ A/I 4620, a skeleton. Its type locality is Ducanfurgga DF4, bed 141, which is in a Fassanian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Switzerland (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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