Moenkopia

Moenkopia (meaning "for Moenkopi") is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians from the Coelacanthidae^[1] found in the Middle Triassic Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. The type, and only species, M. wellesi, was named in 1961 in honour of Samuel Paul Welles.^[2] It is only known from the holotype, UMCP 36193, a partial skull consisting only of the basisphenoid that was collected in 1939 or 1940 by Samuel Welles and briefly noted on by him in 1947,^[3] and other assorted specimens found before 2005 in the Radar Mesa by S. J. Nesbitt, W. G. Parker and R. B. Irmis.^[4]

Moenkopia Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 247.2–242.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	†Coelacanthidae
Genus:	†Moenkopia Schaeffer & Gregory, 1961
Type species
†Moenkopia wellesi Schaeffer & Gregory, 1961

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

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