A marine Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) coelacanth from North Africa
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An isolated, articulated, but crushed ossified lung of a mawsoniid coelacanth is reported from uppermost Cretaceous (upper Maastrichtian) Oued Zem, Morocco. The specimen the last record before their pseudo-extinction at end Mesozoic. also first marine in Mesozoic Morocco and occurrence coelacanths phospahte deposits North Africa. large size suggests fish estimated between 3.65 m 5.52 total body length.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cretaceous Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1095-998X', '0195-6671']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104768