A marine Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) coelacanth from North Africa

Paulo M. Brito; David M. Martill; Ian Eaves; Roy E. Smith; Samuel L. A. Cooper

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104768

A marine Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) coelacanth from North Africa

Paulo M. Brito, David M. Martill, Ian Eaves, Roy E. Smith, Samuel L. A. Cooper

School of the Environment, Geography & Geosciences

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

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An isolated, articulated, but crushed ossified lung of a mawsoniid coelacanth is reported from uppermost Cretaceous (upper Maastrichtian) of Oued Zem, Morocco. The specimen is the last record of a coelacanth before their pseudo-extinction at the end of the Mesozoic. The specimen is also the first record of a marine coelacanth in the Mesozoic of Morocco and the first occurrence of coelacanths in the phospahte deposits of North Africa. The large size of the lung suggests a fish estimated at between 3.65 m and 5.52 m total body length.

Original language	English
Article number	104768
Number of pages	8
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	122
Early online date	23 Jan 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104768
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2021

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