Heptanema Temporal range:
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Fossil of Heptanema paradoxum | |
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†Heptanema Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857
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†Heptanema paradoxa Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857
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Heptanema is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth from the Middle Triassic ( Ladinian) of northern Italy and southern Switzerland ( Monte San Giorgio). [1] [2]
The type and only species is Heptanema paradoxa. Woodward (1891) suggested that Coelacanthus minor could be a species of Heptanema. [3] [4] [5]
Heptanema Temporal range:
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Fossil of Heptanema paradoxum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Genus: |
†Heptanema Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857
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Binomial name | |
†Heptanema paradoxa Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857
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Heptanema is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth from the Middle Triassic ( Ladinian) of northern Italy and southern Switzerland ( Monte San Giorgio). [1] [2]
The type and only species is Heptanema paradoxa. Woodward (1891) suggested that Coelacanthus minor could be a species of Heptanema. [3] [4] [5]