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Coelacanthus africanus

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
C. banffensis, C. dendrites, C. elegans (syn. Conchiopsis filiferus), C. elongatus, C. evolutus, C. exiguus, C. gracilis, C. granulatus (syn. C. caudalis, C. hassiae), C. lepturus, C. lunzensis, C. madagascariensis, C. minor, C. munsteri, C. ornatus, C. phillipsii, C. robustus, C. tingleyensis, C. welleri

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyCoelacanthidaeAgassiz 1843
genusCoelacanthus
speciesafricanus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Free State) Coelacanthus africanus (220879)