Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Coelacanthiformes – Latimeria-like coelacanths

After Long, 1995, Cloutier & Ahlberg, 1996, and Wenruff & Wilson, 2012

<==o Coelacanthiformes Huxley, 1861 (latimeriat; coelacanths)
   |--o Coelacanthidae Agassiz, 1843
   |  |?-o †Axelia Stensiö, 1921; E.Trias. Spits.
   |  |  |-- †A. elegans Stensiö, 1921
   |  |  `-- †A. robusta Stensiö, 1921
   |  |?-+-- †Ticinepomis peyeri Rieppel, 1980; M.Trias. CEu.
   |  |  `-- †Foreyia maxkuhniCavin, Mennecart, Obrist, Costeur & Furrer, 2017; M.Trias. CEu.
   |  |?-o †Wimania Stensiö, 1921 [Leioderma Stensiö, 1918] E.Trias. Spits. ?Gr.
   |  |  |-- †W. sinuosa Stensiö, 1921 [Leioderma sinuata Stensiö, 1918] E.Trias. Spits. ?Gr.
   |  |  `-- †W.? multistriata Stensiö, 1921; E.Trias. Spits.
   |  `--o †Coelacanthus Agassiz, 1836; Penn. U. Perm. Eu. E.Trias. Mad. [Hoplopygus]
   |     |-- †C. banffensis Lambe, 1916; E.Trias. WNAm.
   |     |-- †C. granulatus Agassiz, 1836 [C. hassiae Münster, 1842; C. gracilis Agassiz, 1844; C. caudalis Egerton, 1850; C. macrocephalus Willemoes-Suhm, 1869]
   |     |-- †C.? lunzensis Teller, 1891 [non Reis, 1900] L.Trias. CEu.
   |     |-- †C. madagascariensis Woodward, 1910
   |     |-- †C. minor Agassiz, 1844
   |     |-- †C.? welleri Eastman, 1908, L.Dev. NA.
   |     `-- †C. whitea Lehman, 1952
   `--+--o †Whiteiidae Schultze. 1993
      |  |-- †Guizhoucoelacanthus guanlingensis Liu et al., 2006 sensu Geng, Zhu & Jin, 2009
      |  |-- †Piveteauia madagascariensis Lehman, 1952; E.Trias. Mad.
      |  `--o †Whiteia Moy-Thomas, 1935 E.Trias. Mad. Gr. ?E. Trias. NA.
      |     |-- †W. woodwardi Moy-Thomas, 1935 [Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980] E.Trias. Mad.
      |     |-- †W. africanus (Broom, 1905) [Coelacanthus africanus Broom, 1905] E.Trias. SAf.
      |     |-- †W. tuberculata Moy-Thomas, 1935; E.Trias. Mad.
      |     |-- †W. nielseni Forey, 1998; E.Trias. Gr.
      |     `-- †W. sp. (Gardiner, 1966); E.Trias. WNAm.
      `--+-- †Rebellatrix divaricerca Wenruff & Wilson, 2012; E.Trias. WNAm. [Rebellatricidae Wenruff & Wilson, 2012]
         |-- †Luopingcoelacanthus eurylacrimalis Wen et al., 2013; M.Trias. SEAs.
         |-- †Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus Wen et al., 2013; M.Trias. SEAs.
         `--o Latimerioidei Schultze, 1993 emend. Clement, 2005 [Latimeroidei Schultze, 1993]
            |?- †Granbergia ommata Martin & Wenz, 1984; M.Trias. CEu.
            |?- †Libys polypterus Münster, 1842 [incl. Libys superbus Zittel, 1887] L.Jur. CEu.
            |?- †Macropomoides orientalis Woodward, 1942 [Coelacanthe ‘B’; Coelacenthe ‘C’ (Gaudant, 1975)] L.Cret. SWAs.
            |--o †Mawsoniidae Schultze, 1993
            |  |?- †Alcoveria brevis Beltan, 1972; M.Trias. CEu.
            |  |?- †Indocoelacanthus robustus Jain, 1974; E.Jur. Ind.
            |  |?- †Trachymetopon liassicum Hennig, 1951; E.Cret. CEu.
            |  |?-o †Lualabaea Saint-Seine, 1955; L.Jur. CAf.
            |  |  |-- †L. lerichei Saint-Seine, 1955
            |  |  `-- †L. henryi Saint-Seine, 1955
            |  |--o †Diplurus Newberry, 1878 [?Holophagoides; Osteopleurus Schaeffer, 1941; Pariestegus; Rhabdiolepis] L.Trias.-E.Jur. NA. 
            |  |  |-- †D. longicaudatus Newberry, 1878 [Rhabdiolepis elegans Emmons, 1857 (nomen nudum); Rhabdiolepis gwynedddensis Bock, 1959; Rhabdiolepis striata Bock, 1959] E.Jur. WNAm. [type]
            |  |  |-- †D. newarki (Bryant, 1934) Schaeffer, 1954 [Coelacanthus newarki Bryant, 1934; osteopleurus milleri Shainin, 1943; O. milleri grantonensis Shainin, 1943; Pariostegus myops Cope, 1868] L.Tiras. WNAm.
            |  |  `-- †D. uddeni
            |  `--+-- †Chinlea sorenseni Schaeffer, 1967; L.Trias. NA. [non Chinlea campii Daugherty; a stem-species of petrified wood (Osmundaceae) from Chinle Formation]
            |     `--+-- †Parnaibaia maranhaoensis Yabumoto, 2008; L.Cret. NESAm.
            |        `--+--o †Axelrodichthys Maisey, 1986; L.Cret. SA.
            |           |  |-- †A. araripensis Maisey, 1986
            |           |  `-- †A. maiseyi de Carvalho, Gallo & Santos, 2013
            |           `--o †Mawsonia Woodward, 1907; Cret. SA. NAf.
            |              |-- †M. brasiliensis Yabumoto, 2002; L.Cret. NESAm.
            |              |-- †M. gigas Woodward, 1907 [Mawsonia minor Woodward, 1908] L.Cret. NESAm. [type]
            |              |-- †M. lavocati Tabaste, 1963; E.Cret. NWAf.
            |              |?- †M. libyca Weiler, 1935; E.Cret. NAf. [nomen nudum, type destroyed during WW2]
            |              |-- †M. tegamensis Wenz, 1975; E.Cret. CAf.
            |              |-- †M. ubangiana Casier, 1961 [M. ubangiensis Casier, 1969] E.Cret. CAf.
            |              |?- †M. sp.1 [E.Cret. Niger (Wenz 1981)]
            |              `?- †M. sp.2 [L.Jur.-E.Cret(?), Uruguay (Soto et al., 2012)]
            `--o Latimeridae Berg, 1940
               |--+-- †Holophagus gulo Egerton, 1861; L.Trias.-L.Jur. Eu. ?Jur. Aust.
               |  `--o †Undina Münster, 1834 [Coelacanthus (in partim); Holophagus; Macropoma; Heptanema] L.Jur. Eu. Aust. SAm.
               |     |?- †U.? barroviensis Woodward, 1890; E.Jur. WEu.
               |     |-- †U. cirinensis Thiollière, 1854 [Undina minuta Wagner, 1863); Coelacanthus minutus Willemoes-Suhm, 1869] L.Jur. CEu.
               |     |-- †U. grandis Eastman, 1914
               |     |-- †U. penicillata Münster, 1834 [Holophagus; Coelacanthus; C. striolaris Münster, 1834; C. koehleri Münster, 1834; C. major Wagner, 1863; Undina acutidens Reis, 1888] L.Jur. CEu.
               |     |-- †U. purbeckensis Woodward, 1916; L.Jur. WEu.
               |     `?- †U. willemoesii (Vetter, 1881) [Macropoma willemoesii Vetter, 1881; Heptanema] L.Jur. CEu.
               `--+--o †Macropoma Agassiz, 1835 [Eurypoma, Lophoprionolepis] L.-U.Cret. Eu.
                  |  |-- †M. praecursor Woodward, 1909; Cret. WEu.
                  |  |-- †M. lewesiensis (Mantell, 1822) Agassiz, 1835 [Amia? lewesiensis Mantell, 1822; Macropoma mantelli Agassiz, 1835] L.Cret. WEu. [type]
                  |  `-- †M. speciosum Reuss, 1857 [M. forte Fritsch, 1878] L.Cret. CEu.
                  `--+-- †Swenzia latimerae (Clement, 2005); L.Jur. WEu.
                     |?- †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994; E.Cret. CNAm.
                     `--o Latimeria Smith, 1939 (latimeriat; recent coelacanths, gombessas)
                        |-- L. menadoensis Pouyaud, Wirjoatmodjo, Rachmatika, Tjakrawidjaja, Hadiaty & Hadie, 1999; R. Pas. Oc. (Rajah Laut; indonesianlatimeria; indonesian coelacanth, King-of-the-Sea) 
                        `--+-- L. chalumnae Smith, 1939 [Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953; Latimeria anjouanae (Smith) Lenoble & Le Grand, 1954] R. Ind. Oc. (gombessa, komorienlatimeria; coelacanth, gombessa, comorean coelacanth)
                           |?- L. sp.1 cf. L. chalumnae (kenianlatimeria, Kenyan coelacanth) []
                           `?- L. sp.2 cf. L. chalumnae (eteläafrikanlatimeria; South African coelacanth) []

<==o Coelacanthiformes
   |-- †Coelacanthus
   `--+-- †Guizhoucoelacanthus
      `--+-- †Whiteia
         `--+--+-- †Wimania
            |  `-- †Axelia
            `--+-- †Dobrogeria
               `--+-- †Yunnancoelacanthus
                  `--+-- †Luopingcoelacanthus
                     `--o Latimerioidei
                        |--o †Mawsoniidae
                        |  |-- †Diplurus
                        |  `--+-- †Chinlea
                        |     |-- †Parnaibaia
                        |     |-- †Lualabaea
                        |     `--+-- †Mawsonia
                        |        `-- †Axelrodichthys
                        `--o Latimeridae
                           |-- †Gambergia
                           `--+--+-- †Megalocoelacanthus
                              |  `-- †Libys
                              `--+--+-- †Ticinepomis
                                 |  `-- †Foreyia
                                 `--+-- †Holophagus
                                    |-- †Undina
                                    |-- †Indocoelacanthus
                                    `--+-- †Macropoma
                                       `--+-- †Swenzia
                                           `-- Latimeria

<==o Coelacanthiformes
   |--+-- †Piveteauia
   |  `--+-- †Whiteia
   |     `--+-- †Guizhoucoelacanthus
   |        |-- †Axelia
   |        `-- †Wimania
   |-- †Coelacanthus
   `--+-- †Rebellatrix
      `--+-- †Granbergia
         `--o Latimerioidei
            |--o †Mawsoniidae
            |  |-- †Diplurus
            |  `--+-- †Chinlea
            |     |-- †Parnaibaia
            |     |-- †Lualabaea
            |     `--+-- †Mawsonia
            |        `-- †Axelrodichthys
            `--o Latimeridae
               |-- †Ticinepomis
               `--+-- †Holophagus
                  |-- †Undina
                  |-- †Indocoelacanthus
                  |--+-- †Megalocoelacanthus
                  |  `-- †Libys
                  `--+-- †Macropoma
                     `--+-- †Swenzia
                        `-- Latimeria

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