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Coelacanthopsis

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Coelacanthopsis
Temporal range: Viséan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Genus: Coelacanthopsis
Traquair, 1901
Species:
C. curta
Binomial name
Coelacanthopsis curta
Traquair, 1901

Coelacanthopsis is an extinct genus of marine coelacanth which lived during the early Carboniferous (Mississippian). It is known from one species, C. curta from the Viséan of Ardross, Scotland.[1][2][3]

Some place it in the family Rhabdodermatidae.[4] However, its taxonomic identity is generally considered uncertain.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ Waterston, Charles D. (1954). "Catalogue of type and figured specimens of fossil fishes and amphibians in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh". Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society. 16 (1). doi:10.1144/transed.16.1.i. ISSN 0371-6260.
  3. ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
  5. ^ Cloutier, Richard; Forey, Peter L. (1991-09-01). "Diversity of extinct and living actinistian fishes (Sarcopterygii)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 32 (1): 59–74. Bibcode:1991EnvBF..32...59C. doi:10.1007/BF00007445. ISSN 1573-5133.