Yunnancoelacanthus

Yunnancoelacanthus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Genus: †
Species:
†Y. acrotuberculatus
Binomial name
†Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus
Wen et. al., 2013

Yunnancoelacanthus is an extinct genus of coelacanthiform that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.

Distribution

Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus is known from the Guanling Formation of China.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wen, Wen; Zhang, Qi-Yue; Hu, Shi-Xue; Benton, Michael James; Zhou, Chang-Yong; Tao, Xie; Huang, Jin-Yuan; Chen, Zhong-Qiang (2013). "Coelacanths from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota, Yunnan, South China, with the earliest evidence of ovoviviparity". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0066. Retrieved 25 March 2025.


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