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Undina (fish)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Latimeriidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Coelacanth

Class
  
Sarcopterygii

Scientific name
  
Undina penicillata

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Coelacanth, Libys, Macropoma, Diplurus, Axelrodichthys

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.

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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

    Undina (fish) Wikipedia
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