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Guizhoucoelacanthus

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae

Taxonomy
Guizhoucoelacanthus was named by Liu (2006). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Whiteiidae by Geng et al. (2009) and Arratia and Schultze (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Guizhoucoelacanthus Liu
2009Guizhoucoelacanthus Geng et al. pp. 167-169
2015Guizhoucoelacanthus Arratia and Schultze p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyWhiteiidaeSchultze 1993
genusGuizhoucoelacanthusLiu 2006

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. †Guizhoucoelacanthus Liu 2006
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Yunnan) G. guanlingensis (119443)