Heptanema

Heptanema is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of northern Italy.[1][2]

Heptanema
Fossil of Heptanema paradoxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Genus:
Heptanema

The type and only species is Heptanema paradoxum. Woodward (1891) suggested that Coelacanthus minor could be a species of Heptanema.[3][4][5]

See also
  • Sarcopterygii
  • List of sarcopterygians
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Heptanema". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  2. "PlumX". plu.mx. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/10771. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  3. Bellotti C. (1857) - Descrizione di alcune nuove specie di pesci fossili di Perledo e di altre località Lombarde. In: Stoppani A. (Ed.). Studii Geologici e Paleontologici sulla Lombardia: 419-438. Carlo Turati Tipografo Editore Milano.
  4. Woodward A. S. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. London.
  5. Forey P. L. (1998) - History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Chapman and Hall, London, 419 pp.


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