Coelacanthus
| Coelacanthus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Coelacanthus granulatus fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Coelacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Coelacanthus Agassiz, 1839 |
| Species: | †C. granulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Coelacanthus granulatus Agassiz, 1839 | |
Coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos), meaning "hollow", and ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning "spine", is a genus of extinct marine coelacanths known from the late Permian period. It was the first genus of coelacanths described, about a century before the discovery of the extant coelacanth Latimeria. The order Coelacanthiformes is named after it.