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Indocoelacanthus robustus

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Indocoelacanthus robustus was named by Jain (1974). Its type specimen is ISI P.40, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lingal-Metpalli ridge, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian carbonate limestone in the Kota Formation of India. It is the type species of Indocoelacanthus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Indocoelacanthus robustus Jain p. 51 figs. 2-7, Pl. 1-2
1980Indocoelacanthus robustus Jain p. 107
1998Indocoelacanthus robustus Forey p. 351
2004Indocoelacanthus robustus Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimerioidei(Schultze 1993)
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
genusIndocoelacanthus
speciesrobustus

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
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 184.20000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9India Indocoelacanthus robustus (46389)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9India (Andhra Pradesh) Indocoelacanthus robustus (type locality: 70552 70553)