Coelacanth, model Dimorphodon in the Triassic and Jurassic

in the Triassic and Jurassic

along the neck and tail that may have formed a thick

averaging about 5 feet (1

depending on the species

was described and named by Barsbold

Coelacanth, model Dimorphodon in the Triassic and JurassicThe coelacanth (pronounced SEE la canth) is a primitive lobe finned fish (Crossopterygii) that appeared about 380 million years ago (about 150 million years before the dinosaurs appeared). The coelacanth was thought to have been extinct for millions of years, but a living coelacanth was caught in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar, off South Africa, in 1938 (and others have been caught since then). Because of this, people often refer to the