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Coelacanthus banffensis

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy
Coelacanthus banffensis was named by Lambe (1916). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Railway cutting west of Massive, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Spray River Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Coelacanthus banffensis Lambe p. 38 figs. Pl 1
2004Coelacanthus banffensis Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyCoelacanthidaeAgassiz 1843
genusCoelacanthus
speciesbanffensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (Alberta) Coelacanthus banffensis (type locality: 122018)