Moenkopia
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moenkopia-243-13808825
title:
Moenkopia
text:
Moenkopia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians from the Coelacanthidae found in the Middle Triassic Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. The type, and only species, M. wellesi, was named in 1961 in honour of Samuel Paul Welles. It is only known from the holotype, UMCP 36193, a partial skull consisting only of the basisphenoid that was collected in 1939 or 1940 by Samuel Welles and briefly noted on by him in 1947, and other assorted specimens found before 2005 in the Radar Mesa by S. J. N
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of fishes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moenkopia
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date modified:
2021-04-26T14:59:53Z
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