Undina (fish)
Undina is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth, lobe-finned fish, which lived from the Triassic period to the Cretaceous period.
| Undina Temporal range: Triassic-Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
![]() | |
| Undina penicillata, at Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Undina Münster, 1834 |
| Synonyms | |
|
†Holophagus Egerton 1861 | |
Species
- Undina acutidens Reis, 1888
- Undina barroviensis
- Undina gulo (synonym: Holophagus gulo) (type species)
- Undina penicillata (Munster)
- Undina? picena (Costa, 1862)
- 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.
![]() Restoration of Undina gulo |
![]() Undina penicillata |
![]() Undina acutidens, abt. 25 cm long, at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien |
![]() Undina penicillata, Jurassic Painten, Germany |
References
- The Paleobiology Database
- Paul H. LAMBERS redescription of the coelacanth Macropoma willemoesii VETTER from the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen (Upper Jurassic, Bavaria)
- Solnhofen
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Undina. |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.
_at_G%C3%B6teborgs_Naturhistoriska_Museum_8837.jpg.webp)




.jpg.webp)
.jpg.webp)
_(cropped).jpg.webp)
.jpg.webp)
