Belemnocerca

Belemnocerca; Temporal range: Early Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Family:	† Laugiidae
Genus:	† Belemnocerca
Species:	†B. prolata
Binomial name
	†Belemnocerca prolata; Wendruff & Wilson, 2013

Last updated July 16, 2025

Belemnocerca is an extinct genus of laugiid that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.

Distribution

Belemnocerca prolata is known from the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada.^[1]

References

↑ Wendruff, Andrew J.; Wilson, Mark V.H. (23 July 2013). Sues, Hans (ed.). "New Early Triassic coelacanth in the family Laugiidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada" . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . 50 (9): 904–910. doi:10.1139/cjes-2013-0010. ISSN 0008-4077 . Retrieved 25 June 2025– via Canadian Science Publishing.

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[1] Wendruff, Andrew J.; Wilson, Mark V.H. (23 July 2013). Sues, Hans (ed.). "New Early Triassic coelacanth in the family Laugiidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada" . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . 50 (9): 904–910. doi:10.1139/cjes-2013-0010. ISSN 0008-4077 . Retrieved 25 June 2025– via Canadian Science Publishing.

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