Coelacanth Quiz - Statistics

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When did coelacanths allegedly go extinct? 66Ma
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How many fins does the modern coelacanth have? 7
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When did coelacanth fishes arise in time? (hint: geological period?) Devonian
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Where was the recent coelacanth first discovered within South Africa? Fish Market
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What is the binomial name of the biggest recent coelacanth species? Latimeria chalumnae
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...and the other species? Latimeria menadoensis
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Who described the recent coelacanth? J. L. B. Smith
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Name one of the two main families of coelacanths after the End Permian Mass Extinction? Latimeriidae
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Who discovered the coelacanth in the above? Marjorie Courtnay-Latimer
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and the other? Mawsoniidae
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What class/superclass of fishes do coelacanths belong too? Sarcopterygii
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What bodies of water do modern coelacanths live in? West Indian Ocean/Sulawesi
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