Diplocercides

Diplocercides Temporal range: Devonian–Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Diplocercides heiligostockensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
(unranked):	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Diplocercides Stensiö, 1922
Species
D. davisi Moy-Thomas, 1937 D. heiligenstockiensis Jessen, 1966 D. kayseri von Koenen, 1895 D. jaekeli Stensiö, 1922

Diplocercides is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish belonging to the coelacanth group (Actinistia or Coelacanthimorpha) which lived during the Late Devonian period (between 370 and 397 million years). Fossils of Diplocercides have been found in Germany, Iran, Ireland, Australia and Poland (and possibly in South Africa in 1937). In 2010, three-dimensional fossils of Diplocercides were described from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia^[1]

Species of Diplocercides

• D. davisi Moy-Thomas, 1937
• D. heiligenstockiensis Jessen, 1966
• D. kayseri von Koenen, 1895
• D. jaekeli Stensiö, 1922

References

Bibliography

• LONG, J.A. & TRINAJSTIC, K. 2010. The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lagerstatte –Exceptional preservation and Diversity in early Vertebrates. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 38: 665-680

External links

• Diplocercides at Palaeos.

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Actinistia

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata see Gnathostomata Actinistia see below↓ Actinistia

Actinistia sensu lato	†Styloichthys? †"Onychodontiformes" Bukkanodus Grossius Luckeus Onychodus Qingmenodus Selenodus Strunius Actinistia sensu stricto †Eoactinistia †Euporosteus †Hainbergia †Nesides †Scleracanthus †Shoshonia †Styloichthys? †Youngichthys †Youngolepis? †Miguashaiidae Gavinia Miguashaia †Diplocercidae Chagrinia Dictyonosteus Diplocercides Serenichthys †Hadronectoridae Allenypterus Hadronector Holopterygius Lochmocercus Polyosteorhynchus †Rhabdodermatidae Caridosuctor Coelacanthopsis? Dumfregia Rhabdoderma Sassenia Spermatodus Synaptotylus †Laugiidae Belemnocerca Coccoderma Laugia Trachymetopon Coelacanthiformes †Coelacanthopsis? †Dobrogeria †Heptanema †Luopingcoelacanthus †Rebellatrix †Sinocoelacanthus †Yunnancoelacanthus †Coelacanthidae Axelia Chaohuichthys Coelacanthus Graphiuricthys Indocoelacanthus Moenkopia Mylacanthus Quayia Wimania †Whiteiidae Atacamaia Guizhoucoelacanthus Piveteauia Whiteia Latimerioidei †Garnbergia †Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma †Macropomoides †Megalocoelacanthus †Rieppelia †Swenzia †Ticinepomis †Undina

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