Alcoveria
Extinct genus of coelacanths
Alcoveria Temporal range: Triassic | |
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A fossil of Alcoveria brevis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Subclass: | Actinistia |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | Mawsoniidae |
Genus: | Alcoveria |
Alcoveria is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period. Alcoveria is known from a well preserved specimen from Spain. It lived in a marine environment.[1]
References
- ^ Miguel, Raphael; Valéria, Gallo; Morrone, Juan (2014). "Distributional patterns of †Mawsoniidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 86 (1): 159–170. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201420130035. PMID 24519009. S2CID 37141000.
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Actinistia
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