Heptanema
Heptanema is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of northern Italy and southern Switzerland (Monte San Giorgio).
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| Fossil of Heptanema paradoxum | |
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| Genus: | †Heptanema Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857 |
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| †Heptanema paradoxa Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857 | |
The type and only species is Heptanema paradoxa. Woodward (1891) suggested that Coelacanthus minor could be a species of Heptanema.
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