Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coelacanthiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Ordo: Coelacanthiformes

Genus: †Yunnancoelacanthus
Species: †Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus

Name

Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus Wen et al., 2013

• Holotype: LPV 12748, a complete specimen with skull in dorsal view.
• Type horizon: Member II, Guanling Formation, Middle Triassic (Nicoraella kockeli Zone, late Pelsonian, middle–late Anisian).
• Type locality: Daaozi Village, Luoxiong Town, Luoping County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, China.

Etymology: The species name is derived from the characteristic sharp tubercles on the dermal bones of skull.

References

• Wen, W., Zhang, Q.-Y., Hu, S.-X., Benton, M.J., Zhou, C.-Y., Tao, X., Huang, J.-Y. & Chen, Z.-Q. 2013. Coelacanths from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota, Yunnan, South China, with the earliest evidence of ovoviviparity. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(1): 175–193. DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0066 Reference page.