Holophagus

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Holophagus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Holophagus gulo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Suborder: Latimerioidei
Family: Latimeriidae
Genus: Holophagus
Egerton, 1861
Type species
Holophagus gulo
Egerton, 1861

Holophagus is an extinct genus of coelacanth belonging to Latimeriidae.[1] The type species, Holophagus gulo, is known from the Lower Jurassic marine Lias of England.[2] Some authors have considered the genus restricted to the Lias of England.[3]

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