Holopterygius

Extinct genus of fishes

Holopterygius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Family:
Hadronectoridae
Genus:
Holopterygius

Holopterygius is an extinct genus of prehistoric eel-like coelacanth known from the Devonian (Givetian–Frasnian) of Germany. Despite its specialized morphology and superficial dissimilarity to the usual Paleozoic coelacanth body plan, it is one of the most basal actinistian fish.[1]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Friedman, Matt; Coates, Michael I (22 January 2006). "A newly recognized fossil coelacanth highlights the early morphological diversification of the clade". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 273 (1583): 245–250. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3316. PMC 1560029. PMID 16555794.

External links

  • Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
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Actinistia
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Class: Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata
    • see Gnathostomata
Actinistia
    • see below↓
Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Holopterygius


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