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Coelacanthus evolutus

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy
Coelacanthus evolutus was named by Beltan (1980). Its type specimen is PENOM 1a,b, a partial skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Antitokazo, which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. africanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan p. 454 figs. pl. IX
2004Coelacanthus evolutus Schultze p. 486

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

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.

†Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan 1980
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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, Carroll 1988, Lombardo and Tintori 2005

Age range: or 251.20000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Madagascar Coelacanthus evolutus (type locality: 153772)