Undina (fish)
For other uses, see Undine.
Undina Temporal range: Jurassic | |
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Undina penicillata, at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | Latimeriidae |
Genus: | UndinaMünster |
Synonyms | |
†Holophagus Egerton 1861 |
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Undina is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth, lobe-finned fish, an intermediary form between sea and land animals which lived during the Late Jurassic period.
Species
- Undina acutidens Reis 1888
- Undina barroviensis
- Undina gulo (synonym: Holophagus gulo) (type species)
- Undina penicillata (Munster)
- Undina purbeckensis
Distribution
Species of this genus have been found in Cretaceous of Spain, in Jurassic of Germany, Turkey and the United Kingdom and in Triassic of Italy.
References
- The Paleobiology Database
- Paul H. LAMBERS redescription of the coelacanth Macropoma willemoesii VETTER from the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen (Upper Jurassic, Bavaria)
- Solnhofen
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