Name: Foreyia.
Phonetic: Foh-rey-e-ah.
Named By: L. Cavin, B. Mennecart, C.
Obrist, L. Costeur & H. Furrer - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Sarcopterygii,
Coelacanthiformes, Latimeriidae.
Species: F. maxkuhni (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Up to 21 centimetres long.
Known locations: Switzerland - Prosanto
Formation.
Time period: Landian? of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skeleton.
Foreyia
is a genus of small coelacanth
that lived in European waters during the
middle Triassic.
Further reading
- Heterochronic evolution explains novel body shape in a Triassic
coelacanth from Switzerland. . Scientific Reports
7(13695):1-7. - L. Cavin, B. Mennecart, C. Obrist,
L. Costeur & H. Furrer - 2017.
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