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Libys polypterus
Munster, 1842
GBIF:236724361
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Measurements and meristic (SL) Standard length 600 mm. d 1. f = 10; d 2. f = 15 – 20; pect. f = 16; pelv. f = 19; ana. f = 18 – 20; cau. f = 21 / 19; n. a = 70; h. a = 23.
Ferrante, Christophe, Menkveld-Gfeller, Ursula, Cavin, Lionel (2022): The first Jurassic coelacanth from Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (15) 141 (1): 1-20, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-022-00257-z, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13358-022-00257-z
Diagnosis Libys species with the postparietal shield less than half the length of the parietonasal shield. Te teeth covering the palate and the lower jaw are very small, and most are rounded and bear delicate radiating ridges. 70 neural arches. Fin rays of the posterior dorsal, pectoral, pelvic and anal fins are expanded. Te pectoral fin is relatively long, reaching back to posterior level of pelvic fin. Te scales are covered with a sparse ornament of short ridges.
Ferrante, Christophe, Menkveld-Gfeller, Ursula, Cavin, Lionel (2022): The first Jurassic coelacanth from Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (15) 141 (1): 1-20, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-022-00257-z, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13358-022-00257-z
Holotype BSM 1870. xrv. 502, head only. Horizon and type locality Tithonian (Upper Jurassic), Bavaria, Germany.
Ferrante, Christophe, Menkveld-Gfeller, Ursula, Cavin, Lionel (2022): The first Jurassic coelacanth from Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (15) 141 (1): 1-20, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-022-00257-z, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13358-022-00257-z
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