Heptanema

Heptanema is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of northern Italy and southern Switzerland (Monte San Giorgio).^[1][2]

Heptanema Temporal range: Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Heptanema paradoxum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Genus:	†Heptanema Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857
Type species
†Heptanema paradoxa Rüppell in Bellotti, 1857

The type and only species is Heptanema paradoxa. Woodward (1891) suggested that Coelacanthus minor could be a species of Heptanema.^[3][4][5]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Sarcopterygii
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish