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Coelacanthus madagascariensis

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy
Coelacanthus madagascariensis was named by Woodward (1910). Its type specimen is BMNH P10788, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mahavavy river, Andogozo (BMNH collection), which is in a Dienerian marine shale in Madagascar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Coelacanthus madagascariensis Woodward
1935Coelacanthus madagascariensis Moy-Thomas p. 223 figs. text-figs 9, 11
1999Coelacanthus madagascariensis Clement p. 239

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

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, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Dienerian or 252.17000 to 251.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian252.17 - 251.3Madagascar Coelacanthus madagascariensis (149171 type locality: 154039)