Belemnocerca
| Belemnocerca Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Laugiidae |
| Genus: | †Belemnocerca |
| Species: | †B. prolata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Belemnocerca prolata Wendruff & Wilson, 2013 | |
Belemnocerca is an extinct genus of laugiid that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Belemnocerca prolata is known from the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Wendruff, Andrew J.; Wilson, Mark V.H. (23 July 2013). Sues, Hans (ed.). "New Early Triassic coelacanth in the family Laugiidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 50 (9): 904–910. doi:10.1139/cjes-2013-0010. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved 25 June 2025 – via Canadian Science Publishing.
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