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Coelacanthus
Taxonomy
Coelacanthus was named by Agassiz (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is the type genus of Coelacanthini.
It was assigned to Coelacanthini by Huxley (1861); to Coelacanthiformes by Forey (1998); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coelacanthidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Beltan (1980), Schultze (2004).
It was assigned to Coelacanthini by Huxley (1861); to Coelacanthiformes by Forey (1998); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coelacanthidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Beltan (1980), Schultze (2004).
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
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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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.
G. †Coelacanthus Agassiz 1839
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†Coelacanthus banffensis Lambe 1916
†Coelacanthus dendrites Gardiner 1973
†Coelacanthus elongatus Huxley 1866
†Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan 1980
†Coelacanthus exiguus Eastman 1902
†Coelacanthus gracilis Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz 1839
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Invalid names: Coelacanthus caudalis Egerton 1850 [synonym], Coelacanthus hassiae Münster 1842 [synonym]
†Coelacanthus lepturus Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus lunzensis Teller 1891
†Coelacanthus madagascariensis Woodward 1910
†Coelacanthus minor Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus munsteri Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus ornatus Newberry 1856
†Coelacanthus phillipsii Agassiz 1843
†Coelacanthus robustus Newberry 1856
†Coelacanthus tingleyensis Davis 1884
†Coelacanthus welleri Eastman 1908
Invalid names: Conchiopsis Cope 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 323.40000 to 201.40000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bashkirian | United Kingdom (England) | C. lepturus (132670) | |
| Bashkirian - Moscovian | United Kingdom (Devon) | C. elegans (232961) | |
| Moscovian | United Kingdom | C. tingleyensis (137308) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Pennsylvania) | C. sp. (165526) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | C. exiguus (112630) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Germany | C. granulatus (130039 130275 130277 130278 130279 130280 137316 139366) C. hassiae (149471) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom | C. granulatus (131700) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | C. granulatus (90264) C. granulatus, C. caudalis (90266) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (Durham) | C. granulatus (131707) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar | C. evolutus (153772) C. madagascariensis (149171 154039) | |
| Smithian | Canada (Alberta) | C. banffensis (122018) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | South Africa (Free State) | C. africanus (220879) |