COLLECTION NAME:
Fossil Fishes of Alabama
Record
Article Title:
Megalocoelacanthus Version 1
Authors:
Jun A. Ebersole, David J. Cicimurri, Gary L. Stringer, Stephen J. Jacquemin, & Charles N. Ciampaglio
Entry:
Entry 078
Volume:
Volume 3
Issue:
Issue 39
Chapter:
Chapter 3: Cretaceous Fishes of Alabama
Version:
Version 1
Class:
Osteichthyes
Order:
Coelacanthiformes
Family:
Latimeriidae
Genus:
Megalocoelacanthus
Era:
Mesozoic
Period:
Cretaceous
Citation:
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, G.L. Stringer, S.J. Jacquemin, & C.N. Ciampaglio. 2024. Cretaceous Fishes of Alabama: Megalocoelacanthus version 1. In: J.A. Ebersole (ed.), Fossil Fishes of Alabama. McWane Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama 3(39):1–6. https://doi.org/10.…
References Cited:
Berg, L.S. 1937. A classification of fish-like vertebrates. Bulletin de l’Académie des Sciences de l’URSS 4: 1277–1280. [In Russian].
Berg, L.S. 1940. Classification of fishes, both recent and fossil. Travaux de l’Institut Zoologique de l’Academie des Sciences de l’URSS 5(2):85–517. https://doi.org/10.…
Cope, E.D. 1871. Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 14:445–483
Dutel, H., J.G. Maisey, D.R. Schwimmer, P. Janvier, M. Herbin & G. Clemént. 2012. The giant Cretaceous coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and its bearing on Latimerioidei Interrelationships. PLoS ONE 7(11):e49911. https://doi.org/10.…
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Ikejiri, T., J.A. Ebersole, H.L. Blewitt & S.M. Ebersole. 2013. An overview of Late Cretaceous vertebrates from Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31(1):46–71.
Romer, A.S. 1955. Herpetichthyes, Amphibioidei, Choanichthyes or Sarcopterygii? Nature 176:126. https://doi.org/10.…
Schwimmer, D.R., J.D. Stewart & G.D. Williams. 1994. Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States. Geology 22:503–506. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0503:GFCOTL>2.3.CO;2
Berg, L.S. 1940. Classification of fishes, both recent and fossil. Travaux de l’Institut Zoologique de l’Academie des Sciences de l’URSS 5(2):85–517. https://doi.org/10.…
Cope, E.D. 1871. Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 14:445–483
Dutel, H., J.G. Maisey, D.R. Schwimmer, P. Janvier, M. Herbin & G. Clemént. 2012. The giant Cretaceous coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and its bearing on Latimerioidei Interrelationships. PLoS ONE 7(11):e49911. https://doi.org/10.…
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Ikejiri, T., J.A. Ebersole, H.L. Blewitt & S.M. Ebersole. 2013. An overview of Late Cretaceous vertebrates from Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31(1):46–71.
Romer, A.S. 1955. Herpetichthyes, Amphibioidei, Choanichthyes or Sarcopterygii? Nature 176:126. https://doi.org/10.…
Schwimmer, D.R., J.D. Stewart & G.D. Williams. 1994. Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States. Geology 22:503–506. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0503:GFCOTL>2.3.CO;2