Biology:Diplocercides
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Diplocercides | |
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| Diplocercides heiligostockensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| (unranked): | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Diplocercides Stensiö, 1922 |
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Diplocercides is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish belonging to the coelacanth group (Actinistia or Coelacanthimorpha) which lived during the Late Devonian period (between 370 and 397 million years). Fossils of Diplocercides have been found in Germany , Iran, Ireland, Australia and Poland (and possibly in South Africa in 1937). In 2010, three-dimensional fossils of Diplocercides were described from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia[1]
Species of Diplocercides
- D. davisi Moy-Thomas, 1937
- D. heiligenstockiensis Jessen, 1966
- D. kayseri von Koenen, 1895
- D. jaekeli Stensiö, 1922
References
- ↑ Long & Trinajstic 2010
Bibliography
- LONG, J.A. & TRINAJSTIC, K. 2010. The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lagerstatte –Exceptional preservation and Diversity in early Vertebrates. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 38: 665-680
External links
- Diplocercides at Palaeos.
Wikidata ☰ Q5279839 entry
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