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Coelacanth
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian
Weissjura Group
Altmühltal Formation
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Length: 32 cm
Blumenberg
Eichstätt
Bavaria
Germany
Around Solnhofen at least four species of coelacanth have been recorded:
Coccoderma nudum REIS 1888, Holophagus penicillata EGERTON 1861, Libys superbus ZITTEL & REIS 1888 and Macropoma willemoesii VETTER 1881
Coccoderma nudum is the smallest of these 4 species with barely more than 30cm.
References:
Reis, O. M. (1888) Die Coelacanthinen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der im Weißen Jura Bayerns vorkommenden Gattungen. Palaeontographica 35, p 1-96.
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