Coelacanthus
Coelacanthus ("hollow spine") is a genus of extinct coelacanths that first appeared during the Permian period. It was the first genus of coelacanths described, about a century before the discovery of the extant coelacanth Latimeria. The order Coelacanthiformes is named after it.
| Coelacanthus Temporal range: Late Permian to Early Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Coelacanthus granulatus fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Coelacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Coelacanthus Agassiz, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| †Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz, 1839 | |
| Other species | |
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