Rieppelia

Rieppelia is an extinct genus of coelacanthid fish from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland, in what is now Monte San Giorgio. It contains a single species, R. heinzfurreri.[1]

Rieppelia
Temporal range: Ladinian,
Holotype specimen and skeletal reconstruction
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Latimeriidae
Genus: †Rieppelia
Ferrante and Cavin, 2023[1]
Type species
Rieppelia heinzfurreri
(Ferrante and Cavin, 2023)

Description

Rieppelia is an unusually short (30 cm) and stout coelacanth, akin to the closely related Foreyia. Its skull and fins had features reminiscing Paleozoic coelacanths, and a non-functional intracranial joint. Teeth were many, small, pointed and curved.[1]

Habitat

Rieppelia lived in shallow lagoons or basins at the western end of Paleo-Tethys Ocean, and along with related genera was probably an endemism.[1]

Classification

Rieppelia is a close relative of Triassic latimeriiids Foreyia and Ticinepomis, and together they are grouped in the subfamily Ticinepomiinae.[1]

See also

References
  1. Ferrante, C.; Cavin, L. (2023). "Early Mesozoic burst of morphological disparity in the slow-evolving coelacanth fish lineage". Scientific Reports. 13 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37849-9. PMC 10345187.


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