Garnbergia

Garnbergia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.^[1] It was discovered by Martin and Wenz in 1984. It comprises a single species, Garnbergia ommata.^[2]

Garnbergia Temporal range: Anisian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	†Mawsoniidae
Genus:	†Garnbergia Martin & Wenz, 1984
Species:	†G. ommata
Binomial name
†Garnbergia ommata Martin & Wenz, 1984

Classification

In a 2017 phylogeny, Garnbergia has been recovered as the sister-group of all other Latimeriidae.^[3]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB Taxon – †Garnbergia". dev.paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
3. Cavin, Lionel; Mennecart, Bastien; Obrist, Christian; Costeur, Loïc; Furrer, Heinz (2017-10-20). "Heterochronic evolution explains novel body shape in a Triassic coelacanth from Switzerland". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 13695. Bibcode:2017NatSR...713695C. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13796-0. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5651877. PMID 29057913.