Diplocercides is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish belonging to the coelacanth group (Actinistia or Coelacanthimorpha) which lived during the Late Devonian period (between 370 and 397 million years). Fossils of Diplocercides have been found in Germany, Iran, Ireland, Australia and Poland (and possibly in South Africa in 1937). In 2010, three-dimensional fossils of Diplocercides were described from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia[1]
| Diplocercides Temporal range:
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| Diplocercides heiligostockensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| (unranked): | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Diplocercides Stensiö, 1922 |
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Species of Diplocercides edit
- D. davisi Moy-Thomas, 1937
- D. heiligenstockiensis Jessen, 1966
- D. kayseri von Koenen, 1895
- D. jaekeli Stensiö, 1922
References edit
- ^ Long & Trinajstic 2010
Bibliography edit
- LONG, J.A. & TRINAJSTIC, K. 2010. The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lagerstatte –Exceptional preservation and Diversity in early Vertebrates. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 38: 665-680
External links edit
- Diplocercides at Palaeos.
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