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Rieppelia
Extinct genus of coelacanths / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rieppelia is an extinct genus of latimeriid coelacanth fish from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland, in what is now Monte San Giorgio. It contains a single species, R. heinzfurreri.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | Latimeriidae |
Genus: | †Rieppelia Ferrante and Cavin, 2023[1] |
Type species | |
Rieppelia heinzfurreri (Ferrante and Cavin, 2023) |
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