Ticinepomis

Ticinepomis
Temporal range: Lower Ladinian, 240.91 Ma
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Fossil
Reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Sarcopterygii
Order:Coelacanthiformes
Family:Latimeriidae
Genus:†Ticinepomis
Rieppel, 1980
Type species
Ticinepomis peyeri
Rieppel, 1980

Ticinepomis is an extinct genus of coelacanth lobe-finned fish which lived during the Middle Triassic period in what is now Canton Ticino, Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. It contains a single species, T. peyeri. It was originally described as being a member of the family Coelacanthidae, being similar to Coelacanthus, Holophagus and Undina.[1] Later, T. peyeri was placed in Latimeriidae.[2] The recently discovered bizarre latimeriid Foreyia is thought to be T. peyeri's closest relative, as they share many features despite their drastically contrasting appearances.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rieppel, O. (1980). "A new coelacanth from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 73 (3): 921–939.
  2. ↑ Cavin, Lionel; Furrer, H.; Obrist, C. (2013). "New coelacanth material from the Middle Triassic of eastern Switzerland, and comments on the taxic diversity of actinistans". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 106 (2): 161–177. doi:10.1007/s00015-013-0143-7.
  3. ↑ Cavin, L.; Mennecart, B.; Obrist, C.; Costeur, L.; Furrer, H. (2017). "Heterochronic evolution explains novel body shape in a Triassic coelacanth from Switzerland". Scientific Reports. 7: 13695. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13796-0.


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