Heptanema is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of northern Italy and southern Switzerland (Monte San Giorgio).[1][2]
| Heptanema Temporal range:
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| Fossil of Heptanema paradoxum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Genus: | †Heptanema Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857 |
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| †Heptanema paradoxa Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857
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The type and only species is Heptanema paradoxa. Woodward (1891) suggested that Coelacanthus minor could be a species of Heptanema.[3][4][5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Fossilworks: Heptanema". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Renesto, Silvio; Stockar, Rudolf (2018). "First record of a coelacanth fish from the Middle Triassic Meride limestone of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 124 (3). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/10771. ISSN 2039-4942.
- ^ Bellotti, Cristoforo (1857). "Descrizione di alcune nuove specie di pesci fossili di Perledo e di altre località Lombarde.". In Stoppani A. (ed.). Studii Geologici e Paleontologici sulla Lombardia (in Italian). Milano: Carlo Turati Tipografo Editore. pp. 419–438.
- ^ Woodward, Arthur S. (1891). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61854..
- ^ Forey, Peter L. (1998). History of the Coelacanth Fishes. London: Chapman and Hall. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-412-78480-4.
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