Coelacanthopsis | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Genus: | †Coelacanthopsis Traquair, 1901 |
Species: | †C. curta |
Binomial name | |
†Coelacanthopsis curta Traquair, 1901 |
Coelacanthopsis is an extinctgenus of marinecoelacanth which lived during the earlyCarboniferous (Mississippian). It is known from one species,C. curta from theViséan ofArdross, Scotland.[1][2][3]
Some place it in the familyRhabdodermatidae.[4] However, its taxonomic identity is generally considered uncertain.[5]
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