Ticinepomis
Videos
Ticinepomis is an extinct genus of coelacanth lobe-finned fish which lived during the Middle Triassic period in what is now Switzerland. It contains two species, T. peyeri and T. ducanensis.
Image: Ticinepomis peyeri
Image: Ticinepomis peyeri reconstruction
Coelacanth
Videos
Coelacanths are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to ray-finned fish.
Fossil of Coelacanthus granulatus, the first described coelacanth, named by Louis Agassiz in 1839
Reconstruction of West Indian Ocean coelacanth
Preserved Latimeria menadoensis, Tokyo Sea Life Park, Japan