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    Coelacanths (/ˈsiːləkænθ/ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. As...
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    Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also called Sulawesi coelacanth, is one of two living species of coelacanth, identifiable...
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    The West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes known as gombessa, African coelacanth, or simply coelacanth) is a crossopterygian, one...
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    Latimeria (redirect from Modern coelacanth)
    species of coelacanth. It includes two extant species: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria...
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    who in 1938, brought to the attention of the world the existence of the coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for 65 million years. Courtenay-Latimer...
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    university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct. Born in Graaff-Reinet, 26 September...
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    groups of living species, the coelacanths and the lungfishes, the largest species is the West Indian Ocean coelacanth, reaching 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length...
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    Coelacanth National Park (French: Parc National Coelacanth) is a national park off the main island of the Comoros. The park is made up a seascape home...
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    Latimeriidae is the only extant family of coelacanths, an ancient lineage of lobe-finned fish. It contains two extant species in the genus Latimeria,...
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    Rieppelia is an extinct genus of latimeriid coelacanth fish from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland, in what is now Monte San Giorgio. It contains a single...
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  • kilometres separate Ulenge Island Marine Reserve from Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park, where coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) are found and frequently caught in...
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    as a Lazarus taxon has been denied by some authors in recent years. Coelacanths disappeared from the fossil record some 80 million years ago (in the...
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    fish possess teeth covered with true enamel. Lobe-finned fish, such as coelacanths and lungfish, were the most diverse group of bony fish in the Devonian...
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  • Retro Game Challenge is a Nintendo DS game developed by indieszero and published by Namco Bandai Games and Xseed Games in North America. It is based on...
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    stretch of scaleless skin; in lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) such as coelacanths and lungfish, fins are short rays based around a muscular central bud...
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    Actinistia (coelacanths) Rhipidistia...
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    Mawsonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish. It is amongst the largest of all coelacanths, with one quadrate specimen (DGM 1.048-P) possibly...
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    of 172 countries. In December 1952 a specimen of the West Indian Ocean coelacanth fish was re-discovered off the Comoros coast. The 66 million-year-old...
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    berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertintro.html Berkeley University A fossil coelacanth jaw found in a stratum datable 410 mya that was collected near Buchan...
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    Mawsoniidae is an extinct family of prehistoric coelacanth fishes which lived during the Triassic to Cretaceous periods. Members of the family are distinguished...
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    endangered. Included are species such as Atlantic cod, Devil's Hole pupfish, coelacanths, and great white sharks. Because fish live underwater they are more difficult...
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    Axelrodichthys is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth from the Cretaceous of Africa, North and South America, and Europe. Several species are known...
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  • The Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park (TCMP) (Hifahdi ya taifa Bahari ya Sikilikanti wa Tanga, in Swahili) is a Marine park in Tanzania, with the IUCN category...
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    Actinistia Coelacanths Rhipidistia...
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    professor who accidentally comes into contact with the irradiated blood of a coelacanth, which causes him to "regress" to being a primitive caveman. Dr. Donald...
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  • "Tombua Landana Oil Field - A Barrel Full". "Coelacanth Project - Walter Oil & Gas Corporation". "Coelacanth platform installed in U.S. Gulf of Mexico"...
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    species) Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned fish, which include: Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnomorpha (lungfish) Tetrapoda or limbed vertebrates Amphibians (lissamphibians...
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    onychodontiforms are generally regarded as early-diverging members of the coelacanth lineage. The following cladogram is adapted from Mondéjar-Fernández (2020)...
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  • Eastern Cape, South Africa, notable for holding the type specimen of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be long extinct. It was the workplace of...
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    The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk is a collective term for multiple Late Jurassic lithographic limestones in southeastern Germany, which...
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