Undina (fish)

For other uses, see Undine.

Undina Temporal range: Jurassic
Undina penicillata, at Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	Latimeriidae
Genus:	Undina Münster, 1834
Synonyms
†Holophagus Egerton 1861

Undina is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth, lobe-finned fish, which lived during the Late Jurassic period.

Species

• Undina acutidens Reis 1888
• Undina barroviensis
• Undina gulo (synonym: Holophagus gulo) (type species)
• Undina penicillata (Munster)
• Undina purbeckensis

Distribution

Species of this genus have been found in Cretaceous of Spain, in Jurassic of Germany, Turkey and the United Kingdom and in Triassic of Italy.

Restoration of Undina gulo

Undina penicillata

Undina acutidens, abt. 25 cm long, at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

References

• The Paleobiology Database
• Paul H. LAMBERS redescription of the coelacanth Macropoma willemoesii VETTER from the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen (Upper Jurassic, Bavaria)
• Solnhofen