A new Early Cretaceous coelacanth from Texas

Historical Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-452

  Graf, John ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

actinistia; coelacanth; Cretaceous; Duck Creek Formation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

COELACANTHIDAE; COELACANTHIMORPHA; SARCOPTERYGII;

EID: 84864585579     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2012.696636     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Adkins, WS. 1932. "The Mesozoic systems in Texas". In The geology of Texas Vol. 1, Stratigraphy. Univ Texas Bull. Austin. 3232:239-518
2. Böse, E and Cavins, OA. 1927. The Cretaceous and Tertiary of southern Texas and northern Mexico. Univ Texas Bull., 2748: 7-142.
3. Bullard, FM. 1931. The geology of Grayson County, Texas. Univ Texas Bull, 3125: 1-72.
4. Cavin, L. 2008. "Palaeobiogeography of Cretaceous bony fishes (Actinistia, Dipnoi, and Actinopterygii)". In Fishes and the break-up of Pangaea, Edited by: Cavin, L, Longbottom, A and Richter, M. Vol. 295, 165-183. London: Geol Soc, London (Special publication).
5. Clement, G. 2005. A new coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the Jurassic of France, and the question of the closest relative fossil to Latimeria. Vertebr Paleontol, 25(3): 481-491.
6. Cloutier, R and Forey, PL. 1991. Diversity of extinct and living actinistian fishes (Sarcopterygii). Environ Biol Fish, 32: 59-74.
7. Cope, ED. 1894. New and little known Paleozoic and Mesozoic fishes. J Acad Nat Sci Phila, Sec. Ser, 9(4): 427-448.
8. Erdmann, MV. 1999. An account of the first living coelacanth known to scientists from Indonesian waters. Environ Biol Fish, 54: 439-443.
9. Forey, PL. 1988. Golden jubilee for the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae. Nature, 336: 727-732.
10. Forey, PL. 1998. History of the coelacanth fishes, 1st ed, London: Chapman and Hall.
11. Friedman, M. 2007. Styloicthys as the oldest coelacanth: implications for early osteichthyan interrelationships. J Syst Palaentol, 5(3): 289-343.
12. Friedman, M and Coates, MI. 2006. A newly recognized fossil coelacanth highlights the early morphological diversification of the clade. Proc R Soc B, 273: 245-250.
13. Goloboff P, Faris J, Nixon K. 2003. T.N.T.: tree analysis using new technology. Available from: http://www.zmuc.dk/public/phylogeny/tnt
14. Goloboff, PA, Farris, JS and Nixon, KC. 2008. TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis. Cladistics, 24: 774-786.
15. Gregory, JT. 1972. Vertebrate faunas of the Dockum group, Triassic, eastern New Mexico and West Texas. New Mexico Geol Soc Guidebook, 23: 120-123.
16. Hill, RT. 1891. The Comanche series of the Texas-Arkansas region (with discussion by C.A. White and others). Geol Soc America Bull, 2: 503-528.
17. Holder, MT, Erdmann, MV, Wilcox, TP, Caldwell, RL and Hillis, DM. 1999. Two living species of coelacanths?. PNAS, 96(22): 12616-12620.
18. Kearney, M. 2002. Fragmentary taxa, missing data, and ambiguity: mistaken assumptions and conclusions. Syst Biol, 51(2): 369-381.
19. Kearney, M and Clark, JM. 2003. Problems due to missing data in phylogenetic analyses including fossils: a critical review. J Vertebr Paleontol, 23(2): 263-274.
20. Lambers, PA. 1991. The identity of the type specimen of Coelacanthus harlemensis Winkler (Pisces, Actinistia) from the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen (Tithonian), Bavaria. Paläont Z, 65: 173-189.
21. Maisey, JG. 1991. Santana fossils: an illustrated atlas, 303-315. Neptune City (NJ): TFH Publications. Axelrodichthys Maisey, 1986
22. Mancini, EA and Puckett, TM. 2005. Jurassic and Cretaceous transgressive-regressive (T-R) cycles, northern Gulf of Mexico, USA. Stratigraphy, 2(1): 31-48.
23. Nixon, KC and Wheeler, QD. 1992. Extinction and phylogeny, 119-143. New York (NY): Columbia University Press. Chapter 4, Extinction and the origin of species
24. Perkins, BF and Albritton, CC Jr. 1955. The Washita Group in the valley of the Trinity River, Texas. Fondren Sci Ser, 5: 1-27.
25. Rieppel, O. 1980. A new coelacanth fish from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Eclogae Geol Helv, 73: 921-939.
26. Rutzky, IS, Elvers, WB, Maisey, JG and Kellner, AWA. 1994. Vertebrate paleontological techniques, Vol 1, 155-186. Cambridge (NY): Cambridge University Press. Chapter 7, Chemical preparation techniques
27. Schaeffer, B. 1952. The Triassic coelacanth fish Diplurus, with observations on the evolution of the coelacanthini. B Am Nat Hist, 99: 29-78.
28. Schultze, H-P, Fuchs, D, Giersch, S, Ifrim, C and Stinnesbeck, W. 2010. Palaeoctopus pelegicus from the Turonian of Mexico reinterpreted as coelacanth (Sarcopterygian) gular plate. Palaeontology, 53: 689-694.
29. Schwimmer, DR, Stewart, JD and Williams, GD. 1994. Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States. Geology, 22: 503-506.
30. Smith, JLB. 1939. A living fish of Mesozoic type. Nature, 143: 455-456.
31. Udden, JA, Baker, CL and Büse, E. 1916. "Chapter II: Geology". In Review of the geology of Texas Univ Texas Bull. 44:30-109
32. Weins, JJ. 2003. Missing data, incomplete taxa, and phylogenetic accuracy. Syst Biol, 52(4): 528-538.
33. Weins, JJ. 2006. Missing data and the design of phylogenetic analysis. J Biomed Inform, 39: 34-42.
34. Westoll, TS. 1939. On Spermatodus pustulosus Cope, a coelacanth from the "Permian" of Texas. Am Mus Novit, 1017: 1-23.
35. Wilkinson, M. 1995. Coping with missing entries in phylogenetic inference using parsimony. Systematic Biol, 44: 501-514.
36. Wilkinson, M. 2001. TAXEEQ3: software and documentation, London: Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum.
37. Wilkinson, M. 2003. Missing entries and multiple trees: instability, relationships, and support in parsimony analysis. J Vertebr Paleontol, 23(2): 311-323.
38. Winton, WM. 1925. The geology of Denton County. Univ Texas Bull, 2544: 1-86.
39. Winton, WM and Adkins, WS. 1919. The geology of Tarrant County. Univ Texas Bull, 1931: 1-122.