Ticinepomis

Ticinepomis Temporal range: Lower Ladinian, 240.91 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil
Reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	Latimeriidae
Genus:	†Ticinepomis Rieppel, 1980
Type species
†Ticinepomis peyeri Rieppel, 1980
Other species
†T. ducanensis Ferrante, Furrer, Martini et Cavin, 2023

Ticinepomis is an extinct genus of coelacanth lobe-finned fish which lived during the Middle Triassic period in what is now Switzerland. It contains two species, T. peyeri and T. ducanensis.^[2]

Specimens of the species T. peyeri, which was named after Bernhard Peyer, are most common in the Besano Formation (or Grenzbitumenzone) of Monte San Giorgio in canton Ticino.^[3] Other coelacanths from Monte San Giorgio include a larger species (tentatively referred to Holophagus picenus) from the Besano Formation,^[4] and a species of Heptanema from the Meride Limestone.^[5]

Larger Ticinepomis specimens have been found in the Prosanto Formation of canton Graubünden, originally referred to as Ticinepomis cf. T. peyeri.^[6] A revision showed that this material belongs to a new species, T. ducanensis, remains of which were also discovered in the Besano Formation of canton Ticino.^[2] The Prosanto Formation also produced the unusual coelacanths Foreyia and Rieppelia.

Classification

Ticinepomis was originally described as being a member of the family Coelacanthidae, being similar to Coelacanthus, Holophagus and Undina.^[3] Later, T. peyeri was placed in Latimeriidae.^[6] The bizarre Prosanto Formation latimeriid Foreyia is thought to be T. peyeri's closest relative, as they share many features despite their drastically contrasting appearances.^[7]

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Actinistia

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata see Gnathostomata Actinistia see below↓ Actinistia

Actinistia sensu lato	†Styloichthys? †"Onychodontiformes" Bukkanodus Grossius Luckeus Onychodus Qingmenodus Selenodus Strunius Actinistia sensu stricto †Eoactinistia †Euporosteus †Hainbergia †Nesides †Scleracanthus †Shoshonia †Styloichthys? †Youngichthys †Youngolepis? †Miguashaiidae Gavinia Miguashaia †Diplocercidae Chagrinia Dictyonosteus Diplocercides Serenichthys †Hadronectoridae Allenypterus Hadronector Holopterygius Lochmocercus Polyosteorhynchus †Rhabdodermatidae Caridosuctor Coelacanthopsis? Dumfregia Rhabdoderma Sassenia Spermatodus Synaptotylus †Laugiidae Belemnocerca Coccoderma Laugia Trachymetopon Coelacanthiformes †Coelacanthopsis? †Dobrogeria †Heptanema †Luopingcoelacanthus †Rebellatrix †Sinocoelacanthus †Yunnancoelacanthus †Coelacanthidae Axelia Chaohuichthys Coelacanthus Graphiuricthys Indocoelacanthus Moenkopia Mylacanthus Quayia Wimania †Whiteiidae Atacamaia Guizhoucoelacanthus Piveteauia Whiteia Latimerioidei †Garnbergia †Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma †Macropomoides †Megalocoelacanthus †Rieppelia †Swenzia †Ticinepomis †Undina

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