Coelacanthopsis
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| Coelacanthopsis Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Genus: | †Coelacanthopsis Traquair, 1901 |
| Species: | †C. curta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Coelacanthopsis curta Traquair, 1901 | |
Coelacanthopsis is an extinct genus of marine coelacanth which lived during the early Carboniferous (Mississippian). It is known from one species, C. curta from the Viséan of Ardross, Scotland.[1][2][3]
Some place it in the family Rhabdodermatidae.[4] However, its taxonomic identity is generally considered uncertain.[5]