Biology:Alcoveria

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Short description: Extinct genus of coelacanths


Alcoveria
Temporal range: Triassic
Alcoveria brevis.jpg
A fossil of Alcoveria brevis
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Alcoveria

Alcoveria is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period. Alcoveria is known from a well preserved specimen from Spain . It lived in a marine environment.[1]

References

  1. Miguel, Raphael; Valéria, Gallo; Morrone, Juan (2014). "Distributional patterns of †Mawsoniidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 86 (1): 159–170. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201420130035. PMID 24519009. http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7eb1/e9fe68025c908836c53bd2d7beb3dbecaa4d.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4713379 entry