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† Megalocoelacanthus

Megalocoelacanthus

Additional Functions

Grouping

Belong­ing to

Gaeabionta  ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota  ⇒ Reich: Animalia  ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa  ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica  ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa  ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia  ⇒ Stamm: Chordata  ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata  ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata  ⇒ Superklasse: Pisces  ⇒ Klasse: Osteichthyes  ⇒ Unterklasse: Sarcopterygii  ⇒ Unterklasse: Coelacanthimorpha  ⇒ Ordnung: Coelacanthiformes  ⇒ Familie: Latimeriidae

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Gattung

This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

Name from

Corre­spond­ing author (Name, Year)

Schwimmer et al., 1994

Other languages

scientific

Megalocoelacanthus

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 83.6 Ma - End age: 66 Ma
Phanerozoic
(Phanerozoikum)
Mesozoic
(Mesozoikum)
Cretaceous
(Kreide)
Upper/Late Cretaceous
(Obere Kreide)
Maastrichtian
(Maastricht)
Campanian
(Campan)
66
72.1
72.1
83.6

Additional data by PBDB, License: CC BY

Motility: actively mobile
Environment: marine
Compositon of the remains:

phosphatic

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Next lower taxonomy level

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 9)

Taxonomic assignment (1)

References by PBDB, License: CC BY

  • H. Dutel, 2012 - The giant Cretaceous coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and Its bearing on Latimerioidei interrelationships - PLoS ONE (7), e4991-27 (journal article, English)
  • D. R. Schwimmer, 1994 - Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States - Geology (22), 503-506 (journal article, English)

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) kN2_J2YDXUi31gYqc930eQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) 27BFDD90-0366-485D-B7D6-062A73DDF479
Database ID 68546