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[[File:Triassic marine vertebrate apex predators.png|thumb|left|[[Early Triassic]] and [[Middle Triassic]] marine predators:<ref>Scheyer |
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'''''Rebellatrix divaricerca''''' ("rebel coelacanth (with a) forked tail", after the unique tail fin) is a large [[prehistoric]] [[coelacanth]] from the [[Lower Triassic]] [[Sulphur Mountain Formation|Sulphur Mountain]] formation and [[Wapiti Lake Provincial Park]] of [[British Columbia]]. It is [[monotypic taxon|the only known species of the family]] '''Rebellatricidae'''. ''R. divaricerca''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most distinguishing feature was its [[tuna]]-like forked tail (unusual for an [[actinistia]]n fish), which suggested a fast-swimming and active lifestyle, unlike coelacanths related to the living species.<ref name="Rebellatrix">{{Cite journal |last1=Wendruff |first1=A. J. |last2=Wilson |first2=M. V. H. |year=2012 |title=A fork-tailed coelacanth, ''Rebellatrix divaricerca'', gen. et sp. nov. (Actinistia, Rebellatricidae, fam. nov.), from the Lower Triassic of Western Canada |url=https://www.academia.edu/3197708 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=499–511 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.657317 |bibcode=2012JVPal..32..499W |s2cid=85826893}}</ref> |
'''''Rebellatrix divaricerca''''' ("rebel coelacanth (with a) forked tail", after the unique tail fin) is a large [[prehistoric]] [[coelacanth]] from the [[Lower Triassic]] [[Sulphur Mountain Formation|Sulphur Mountain]] formation and [[Wapiti Lake Provincial Park]] of [[British Columbia]]. It is [[monotypic taxon|the only known species of the family]] '''Rebellatricidae'''. ''R. divaricerca''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most distinguishing feature was its [[tuna]]-like forked tail (unusual for an [[actinistia]]n fish), which suggested a fast-swimming and active lifestyle, unlike coelacanths related to the living species.<ref name="Rebellatrix">{{Cite journal |last1=Wendruff |first1=A. J. |last2=Wilson |first2=M. V. H. |year=2012 |title=A fork-tailed coelacanth, ''Rebellatrix divaricerca'', gen. et sp. nov. (Actinistia, Rebellatricidae, fam. nov.), from the Lower Triassic of Western Canada |url=https://www.academia.edu/3197708 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=499–511 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.657317 |bibcode=2012JVPal..32..499W |s2cid=85826893}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Rebellatricidae Wendruff & Wilson, 2012 |
| Genus: | †Rebellatrix Wendruff & Wilson, 2012 |
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| Rebellatrix divaricerca Wendruff & Wilson, 2012
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Rebellatrix divaricerca ("rebel coelacanth (with a) forked tail", after the unique tail fin) is a large prehistoric coelacanth from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain formation and Wapiti Lake Provincial Park of British Columbia. It is the only known species of the family Rebellatricidae. R. divaricerca's most distinguishing feature was its tuna-like forked tail (unusual for an actinistian fish), which suggested a fast-swimming and active lifestyle, unlike coelacanths related to the living species.[2]
PRPRC 2006.10.001, the holotype specimen, is a nearly complete fossil, with the exception of some fins and a large amount of the skull, as well as an incomplete tail fin. Three other specimens reveal the rest of the tail. Most specimens at the Tumbler Ridge Museum in Tumbler Ridge, with one at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
Rebellatrix may have reached 1.30 metres (4 ft 3 in) in length. In addition to its uniquely forked (and symmetrical) tail fin, the posterior dorsal fin is behind the anal fin rather than opposite it. Rebellatrix is believed to have been a fast-swimming predator, since its tail is clearly built for speed, and modern coelacanths only use the tail fin when attacking prey, and would have been one of the first non-sharks to fill this niche.[2]
References
- ^ Scheyer, Torsten M.; Romano, Carlo; Jenks, Jim; Bucher, Hugo (2014). "Early Triassic Marine Biotic Recovery: The Predators' Perspective"". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e88987. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988987S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088987. PMC 3960099. PMID 24647136.
- ^ a b Wendruff, A. J.; Wilson, M. V. H. (2012). "A fork-tailed coelacanth, Rebellatrix divaricerca, gen. et sp. nov. (Actinistia, Rebellatricidae, fam. nov.), from the Lower Triassic of Western Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 499–511. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..499W. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.657317. S2CID 85826893.
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