Family Latimeriidae Berg 1940 (coelacanth)
Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 266395
Parent taxon: Coelacanthiformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Canningius, Coelacanthidae, Coelacanthiidae, Coelacanthoidei, Coelacanthopsis, Cualabaea, Dobrogeria, Holoptychus, Latimeroidei, Luopingcoelacanthus, Sinocoelacanthus, Whiteiidae, Yunnancoelacanthus
Subtaxa: Foreyia, Holophagus, Indocoelacanthus, Latimeria, Macropoma, Macropomoides, Megalocoelacanthus, Swenzia, Ticinepomis, Undina
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