Laugiidae

Laugiidae Temporal range: Triassic to Jurassic

Coccoderma bavaricum'

Coccoderma nudum, at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Subclass:	Actinistia
Family:	†Laugiidae Stensiö, 1932

Laugiidae is an extinct family of prehistoric sarcopterygian fishes which lived during the Triassic and Jurassic period. Their fossils has been found in Germany, Greenland and China^[1]

Genera

†Coccoderma
†Laugia (type)
†Trachymetopon

References

↑ Jinnan Tong, Xiugao Zhou, Douglas H. Erwin, Jingxun Zuo & Laishi Zhao: Fossil fishes from the Lower Triassic of Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China. Journal of Paleontology, 80(1), 2006, pp. 146-161. PDF

Peter L. Forey: History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Springer Verlag GmbH, ISBN 0-412-78480-7
Karl Albert Frickhinger: Fossilien Atlas Fische, Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1999, ISBN 3-88244-018-X

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