Alcoveria

Alcoveria
Temporal range:
Specimen of A. brevis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Suborder: Latimerioidei
Family: †Mawsoniidae
Genus: †Alcoveria
Beltan, 1972
Species:
†A. brevis
Binomial name
†Alcoveria brevis
Beltan, 1972

Alcoveria is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth fish which lived during the Middle Triassic of Europe. It contains a single known species, A. brevis, known from a well preserved specimen from the Muschelkalk of Spain. It lived in a marine environment, being one of the few mawsoniids known to do so. Although it can be assigned to the Mawsoniidae, the lack of well-developed pleural libs precludes a finer taxonomic assignment.[1][2] Prominent denticles are known on its fin rays.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Miguel, Raphael; Valéria, Gallo; Morrone, Juan (2014). "Distributional patterns of †Mawsoniidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 86 (1): 159–170. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201420130035. PMID 24519009. S2CID 37141000.
  2. ↑ Beltan, Laurence (1984). "Quelques poissons du Muschelkalk superieur d'Espagne". Acta Geologica Hispanica: 117–127. ISSN 2173-6537.
  3. ↑ Manuelli, Luigi; Fernández, Jorge Mondéjar; Dollman, Kathleen; Jakata, Kudakwashe; Cavin, Lionel (2024-11-06). "The most detailed anatomical reconstruction of a Mesozoic coelacanth". PLOS ONE. 19 (11) e0312026. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1912026M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0312026. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11540180. PMID 39504317.


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