Laugiidae
| Laugiidae Temporal range:
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| Coccoderma bavaricum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Laugiidae Stensiö, 1932 |
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Laugiidae is an
They are notable for the extreme temporal disjunction seen between genera; two genera, Laugia and Belemnocerca, are known from the
latimerioid coelacanth lineage; almost all other non-latimerioid coelacanths were extinct by the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic, leaving only the latimerioids (Latimeriidae and Mawsoniidae) as the dominant coelacanth groups. It has been estimated that the laugiids diverged from the latimerioids & allied taxa (such as the Whiteiidae) during the Early Permian.[3]
Included genera
- †Belemnocerca Wendruff & Wilson, 2012[2]
- †Coccoderma Quenstdedt, 1858
- †Laugia Stensiö, 1932 (type)
A potential indeterminate genus is known from the Late Triassic of China.[4][5] The Carboniferous genus Synaptotylus was previously included in this family, but is no longer thought to be a member.[6]
Some studies indicate that the genus Piveteauia, known from the Early Triassic of Madagascar and previously considered a member of the Whiteiidae, may actually be a laugiid.[3]
References
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
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- ^ Cloutier, Richard (1996). "Morphology, characters, and the interrelationships of basal sarcopterygians". Interrelationships of Fishes.
Further reading
- Peter L. Forey: History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Springer Verlag GmbH, ISBN 0-412-78480-7
- Karl Albert Frickhinger: Fossilien Atlas Fische, Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1999, ISBN 3-88244-018-X