The coelacanths constitute a now-rare order of fish that includes two extant species in the genus Latimeria: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria ...
An order of lobe-finned fishes (subclass Actinistia, class Sarcopterygii) collectively termed the coelacanths and predominantly known from fossils. The order ...
Other articles where Coelacanthiformes is discussed: fish: Annotated classification: (Crossopterygii) Order Coelacanthiformes (coelacanths and fossil relatives) ...
There are also numerous extinct taxa known only from fossils.
Coelacanths (order Coelacanthiformes), living and extinct, are characterized by a ...
... a drawing sent to him by Latimer also Smith identified the captured fish as a member of the “fossil” order Coelacanthiformes, or Coelacanths.
... and Whiteia are members of the order Coelacanthiformes. Based on previous analyses and our results, we recognize this grouping as the family Whiteiidae.
In contrast to the living coelacanth, fossil coelacanth specimens have been recognized.
The Coelacanthiformes is an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of jawed...
A new genus of fossil coelacanth (Osteichthyes: Coelacanthiformes) from the Middle Devonian of southeastern Australia. WA Museum Records and ...