Undina (fish)
| Undina Temporal range: Triassic-Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Undina Münster, 1834
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Undina is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth, lobe-finned fish, which lived from the Triassic period to the Cretaceous period (Only ranges Sinemurian to Thitonian according to 2021 study[1]).
Species[edit]
- Undina acutidens Reis, 1888
- Undina barroviensis
- Undina gulo (synonym: Holophagus gulo) (type species)
- Undina penicillata (Munster)
- Undina? picena (Costa, 1862)
- Undina purbeckensis
Distribution[edit]
Species of this genus have been found in Cretaceous of Spain, in Jurassic of Germany, Turkey and the United Kingdom and in Triassic of Italy.
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References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Undina.
- ^ Cavin, Lionel; Piuz, André; Ferrante, Christophe; Guinot, Guillaume (2021-06-03). "Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity". Scientific Reports. 11: 11812. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8175595. PMID 34083600.
- The Paleobiology Database
- Paul H. LAMBERS redescription of the coelacanth Macropoma willemoesii VETTER from the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen (Upper Jurassic, Bavaria)
- Solnhofen
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