Subfamily Latimeriinae Berg 1940 (coelacanth)

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

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

Sister taxa: Indocoelacanthus, Macropomoides, Ticinepomiinae

Subtaxa: Holophagus Latimeria Libys Macropoma Megalocoelacanthus Swenzia Undina

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Type: Latimeria

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections), the United Kingdom (5), United States (5: Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey)

• Jurassic of France (4), Germany (3), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (6)

• Triassic of Italy (3), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences

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