Luopingcoelacanthus
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| Luopingcoelacanthus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Genus: | †Luopingcoelacanthus |
| Species: | †L. eurylacrimalis
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| †Luopingcoelacanthus eurylacrimalis Wen et. al., 2013
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Luopingcoelacanthus is an extinct genus of coelacanth that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Luopingcoelacanthus eurylacrimalis is known from the Guanling Formation of China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Wen, Wen; Zhang, Qi-Yue; Hu, Shi-Xue; Benton, Michael James; Zhou, Chang-Yong; Tao, Xie; Huang, Jin-Yuan; Chen, Zhong-Qiang (2013). "Coelacanths from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota, Yunnan, South China, with the earliest evidence of ovoviviparity". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0066. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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