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Coelacanth Quiz

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