Garnbergia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | †Mawsoniidae |
Genus: | †Garnbergia Martin & Wenz, 1984 |
Species: | †G. ommata
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Binomial name | |
†Garnbergia ommata Martin & Wenz, 1984
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Garnbergia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.[1] It was discovered by Martin and Wenz in 1984. It comprises a single species, Garnbergia ommata.[2]
Classification
[edit]In a 2017 phylogeny, Garnbergia has been recovered as the sister-group of all other Latimeridae.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon – †Garnbergia". dev.paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Cavin, Lionel; Mennecart, Bastien; Obrist, Christian; Costeur, Loïc; Furrer, Heinz (2017-10-20). "Heterochronic evolution explains novel body shape in a Triassic coelacanth from Switzerland". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 13695. Bibcode:2017NatSR...713695C. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13796-0. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5651877. PMID 29057913.