Libys callolepis Ferrante et al. 2022 (coelacanth)

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Full reference: C. Ferrante, U. Menkveld-Gfeller, and L. Cavin. 2022. The first Jurassic coelacanth from Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141(15)

Belongs to Libys according to C. Ferrante et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Libys polypterus, Libys superbus

Type specimen: NMBE 5034072/3, a skeleton. Its type locality is Les Pueys, Teysachaux, which is in a Falciferum marine lime mudstone in the Staldengraben Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Les Pueys, Teysachaux

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