Sinocoelacanthus Liu 1964 (coelacanth)

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes

Full reference: H. T. Liu. 1964. A new coelacanth from the marine Lower Triassic of N.W. Kwangsi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8:211-214

Parent taxon: Coelacanthiformes according to H. T. Liu 1964

See also Forey 1998, Schultze 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Canningius, Coelacanthidae, Coelacanthiidae, Coelacanthoidei, Coelacanthopsis, Cualabaea, Diplocercidae, Dobrogeria, Hadronectoridae, Holoptychus, Latimeriidae, Latimeroidei, Lochmocercus, Luopingcoelacanthus, Miguashaiidae, Rhabdodermatidae, Whiteiidae, Yunnancoelacanthus

Subtaxa: Sinocoelacanthus fengshanensis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kangdong, Fengshan (Triassic of China)

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