Garnbergia

Garnbergia
Temporal range:
Specimen at Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: †Whiteiidae
Genus: †Garnbergia
Martin & Wenz, 1984
Species:
†G. ommata
Binomial name
†Garnbergia ommata
Martin & Wenz, 1984

Garnbergia is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine coelacanth that lived during the Triassic period.[1] It was discovered by Martin and Wenz in 1984. It comprises a single species, Garnbergia ommata, known from the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic-aged Muschelkalk of Germany.[2] In addition, an isolated scale, tentatively assigned to G. ommata, is known from the middle Norian-aged Pardonet Formation of British Columbia, Canada.[3]

Classification

In a 2017 phylogeny, Garnbergia was recovered as the sister-group of all other Latimeriidae.[4] However, a 2025 morphological analysis of nearly all Mesozoic coelacanths instead identified it as a member of the more basal family Whiteiidae.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon – †Garnbergia". dev.paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ^ Yabumoto, Yoshitaka; Neuman, Andrew (2004). "A coelacanth scale from the Upper Triassic Pardonet Formation, British Columbia, Canada". Paleontological Research. 8 (4): 337–340. Bibcode:2004PalRe...8..337Y. doi:10.2517/prpsj.8.337.
  4. ^ Cavin, Lionel; Mennecart, Bastien; Obrist, Christian; Costeur, Loïc; Furrer, Heinz (2017-10-20). "Heterochronic evolution explains novel body shape in a Triassic coelacanth from Switzerland". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 13695. Bibcode:2017NatSR...713695C. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13796-0. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5651877. PMID 29057913.
  5. ^ Ferrante, Christophe; Cavin, Lionel (2025-06-06). "A deep dive into the coelacanth phylogeny". PLOS ONE. 20 (6) e0320214. Bibcode:2025PLoSO..2020214F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0320214. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 12143573. PMID 40478838.


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