†Osteopleurus Schaeffer 1941 (jawed fish)
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Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1941. Revision of Coelacanthus newarki and notes on the evolution of the girdles and basal plates of the median fins in the Coelacanthini. American Museum Novitates 1110:1-17
Parent taxon: Coelacanthini according to B. Schaeffer 1941
See also Rapp 1946
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Osteopleurus milleri Osteopleurus newarki
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (6: New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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