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Megalocoelacanthus
Taxonomy
Megalocoelacanthus was named by Schwimmer et al. (1994). Its type is Megalocoelacanthus dobiei.
It was assigned to Coelacanthidae by Schwimmer et al. (1994); to Mawsoniidae by Forey (1998); to Latimeriidae by Schultze (2004), Dutel et al. (2012); and to Latimeriinae by Ferrante and Cavin (2023).
It was assigned to Coelacanthidae by Schwimmer et al. (1994); to Mawsoniidae by Forey (1998); to Latimeriidae by Schultze (2004), Dutel et al. (2012); and to Latimeriinae by Ferrante and Cavin (2023).
Species
M. dobiei (type species)