Alcoveria
Alcoveria Temporal range: Triassic
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A fossil of Alcoveria brevis | |
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Order: | Coelacanthiformes
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Genus: | Alcoveria
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Alcoveria is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period. Alcoveria is known from a well preserved specimen from Spain. It lived in a marine environment.[1]
References[]
- ^ Miguel, Raphael; Valéria, Gallo; Morrone, Juan (2014). "Distributional patterns of †Mawsoniidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 86 (1): 159–170.
Categories:
- Mawsoniidae
- Prehistoric bony fish genera
- Triassic bony fish
- Fossils of Spain
- Triassic fish stubs
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish stubs