The giant cretaceous Coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and its bearing on Latimerioidei interrelationships

We present a redescription of Megalocoelacanthus dobiei, a giant fossil coelacanth from Upper Cretaceous strata of North America. Megalocoelacanthus has been previously described on the basis of composite material that consisted of isolated elements. Consequently, many aspects of its anatomy have re...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2012-11, Vol.7 (11), p.e49911-e49911
Hauptverfasser:	Dutel, Hugo, Maisey, John G, Schwimmer, David R, Janvier, Philippe, Herbin, Marc, Clément, Gaël
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Animals Biology Cladistic analysis Composite materials Cretaceous Cretaceous period Earth Sciences Ecology Evolution Fossils Genera Kansas Life Sciences Mathematical morphology Mesozoic Museums Paleontology Phylogenetics Phylogeny Sarcopterygii Sciences of the Universe Skull Skull - anatomy & histology Systematic biology Taxonomy Teeth Topology Vertebrates - anatomy & histology Vertebrates - classification Vertebrates - genetics Zoology
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