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Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz, 1839
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With 10cm body length a relatively small Coelacanthus granulatus (compared to this 60cm specimen: Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz, 1839 - Fishes - The Fossil Forum )
Literature:
L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel xxxii-188
Schaumberg, G. Neubeschreibung von Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz (Actinistia, Pisces) aus dem Kupferschiefer von Richelsdorf (Perm, W.-Deutschland). Paläontol. Z. 52, 169 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987700
H.-P. Schultze. 2004. Mesozoic sarcopterygians. Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity 463-492 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]
C. G. Diedrich. 2009. A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 89:67-94
Taxonomy
Coelacanth
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Coelacanthimorpha
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Coelacanthidae
Genus: Coelacanthus
Species: Coelacanthus granulatus
Author Citation Agassiz, 1839
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Permian
Epoch: Late
International Age: Wuchiapingian
Stratigraphy
Zechstein Group
Werra Formation
Kupferschiefer (Copper Shale)
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Location
Bad Sachsa
Lower Saxony
Germany
Comments
With 10cm body length a relatively small Coelacanthus granulatus (compared to this 60cm specimen: Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz, 1839 - Fishes - The Fossil Forum )
Literature:
L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel xxxii-188
Schaumberg, G. Neubeschreibung von Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz (Actinistia, Pisces) aus dem Kupferschiefer von Richelsdorf (Perm, W.-Deutschland). Paläontol. Z. 52, 169 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987700
H.-P. Schultze. 2004. Mesozoic sarcopterygians. Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity 463-492 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]
C. G. Diedrich. 2009. A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 89:67-94
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