Coccoderma

Extinct genus of fishes

Coccoderma
Temporal range: Jurassic
Coccoderma bavaricum
Coccoderma nudum, at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Family:
Laugiidae
Genus:
Coccoderma

Coccoderma is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Late Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian Stage. Fossils have been found in the USA. It was small in size, about 27.5 cm. They had very long and sharp teeth.

Species

  • Coccoderma bavaricum REIS, 1888
  • Coccoderma gigas REIS, 1888
  • Coccoderma nudum REIS, 1888

References

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  • Dinohunter
  • Fossil Museum
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Actinistia
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Class: Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata
    • see Gnathostomata
Actinistia
    • see below↓
Actinistia
Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Coccoderma


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