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Coelacanthopsis is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period. The Coelacanth is the only living example of the fossil Coelacanth fishes Actinistia. They are also the closest link between fish and the first amphibian creatures which made the transition from sea to land in the Devonian period (408-362 Million Years Ago). That such a creature could have existed for so long is nearly incredible, but some say that the cold depths of the West Indian Ocean at which the Coelacanth thrives, and the small number of predators it has, may have helped the species survive eons of change.The Coelacanth was first discovered in 1938 by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, as she was visiting a fisherman who would l

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rdf:type	Thing Eukaryote Animal Fish animal eukaryote fish species umbel-rc:Fish
rdfs:label	Coelacanthopsis (en)
rdfs:comment	Coelacanthopsis is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period. The Coelacanth is the only living example of the fossil Coelacanth fishes Actinistia. They are also the closest link between fish and the first amphibian creatures which made the transition from sea to land in the Devonian period (408-362 Million Years Ago). That such a creature could have existed for so long is nearly incredible, but some say that the cold depths of the West Indian Ocean at which the Coelacanth thrives, and the small number of predators it has, may have helped the species survive eons of change.The Coelacanth was first discovered in 1938 by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, as she was visiting a fisherman who would l (en)
foaf:name	Coelacanthopsis (en)
name	Coelacanthopsis (en)
dcterms:subject	Carboniferous bony fish Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera Coelacanthiformes
Wikipage page ID	20462443 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1108888272 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Sarcopterygii Carboniferous bony fish Carboniferous period Genus Mississippian age Animalia Rhabdodermatidae Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera Chordate Coelacanthiformes Coelacanthiformes Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer Actinistia
sameAs	Coelacanthopsis Coelacanthopsis Coelacanthopsis Coelacanthopsis
subclassis	Actinistia
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classis	Sarcopterygii
fossil range	Mississippian (en)
genus	Coelacanthopsis (en)
ordo	Coelacanthiformes
phylum	Chordate
regnum	Animalia
has abstract	Coelacanthopsis is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period. The Coelacanth is the only living example of the fossil Coelacanth fishes Actinistia. They are also the closest link between fish and the first amphibian creatures which made the transition from sea to land in the Devonian period (408-362 Million Years Ago). That such a creature could have existed for so long is nearly incredible, but some say that the cold depths of the West Indian Ocean at which the Coelacanth thrives, and the small number of predators it has, may have helped the species survive eons of change.The Coelacanth was first discovered in 1938 by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, as she was visiting a fisherman who would let her search through his boat's catch for interesting specimens. Ironically, Marjorie was only visiting the sea captain to wish him a happy Christmas when she first spotted the Coelacanth's oddly shaped, blue-gray fin protruding from beneath a mountain of fish. Marjorie brought back the specimen to the museum where she compared it against images of known species, and ultimately realized what she had was no ordinary fish. After sending a rough drawing of the fish to Professor J.L.B. Smith, at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, who in turn confirmed that the creature she had discovered on the boat's deck was indeed a prehistoric fish, a Coelacanth to be exact. Since then, Coelacanth populations have been found near Indonesia, South Africa, and other unexpected places. While there have been enough sightings of the creature to indicate that there is more than one area where the species exists, it remains a highly protected and mysterious animal, a living fossil which may, or may not be the only creature from our past which has survived millions of years of evolution. Some place it in the family Rhabdodermatidae. (en)
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class	Sarcopterygii Actinistia
kingdom	Animalia
order (taxonomy)	Coelacanthiformes
phylum	Chordate
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf	wikipedia-en:Coelacanthopsis
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of prehistoric bony fish genera List of sarcopterygian genera Coelacanth
is foaf:primaryTopic of	wikipedia-en:Coelacanthopsis

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