Laugiidae
Laugiidae is an extinct family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Triassic and Jurassic periods. Their fossils has been found in Canada, China, Germany and Greenland.[1][2]
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| Coccoderma bavaricum | |
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| Coccoderma nudum fossil, at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna | |
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| Family: | †Laugiidae Stensiö, 1932 |
Included genera
- †Belemnocerca
- †Coccoderma
- †Laugia (type)
References
- Tong, Jinnan; Zhou, Xiugao; Erwin, Douglas H.; Zuo, Jingxun; Zhao, Laishi (2006). "Fossil fishes from the Lower Triassic of Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 80 (1): 146–161. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0146:FFFTLT]2.0.CO;2.
- Wendruff, A.J.; Wilson, M.V. (2013). "New Early Triassic coelacanth in the family Laugiidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 50 (9): 904–910. Bibcode:2013CaJES..50..904W. doi:10.1139/cjes-2013-0010.
Further reading
- Peter L. Forey: History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Springer Verlag GmbH, ISBN 0-412-78480-7
- Karl Albert Frickhinger: Fossilien Atlas Fische, Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1999, ISBN 3-88244-018-X
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