Ticinepomis Rieppel, 1980

Ferrante, Christophe, Furrer, Heinz, Martini, Rossana & Cavin, Lionel, 2023, Revision of the Middle Triassic coelacanth TICInepomIS Rieppel 1980 (Actinistia, Latimeriidae) with paleobiological and paleoecological considerations, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (18) 142 (1), pp. 1-33 : 8

Ticinepomis Rieppel, 1980

Diagnosis (emended)

Latimeriidae coelacanths characterised by the following unique combination of characters: anterior and posterior parietals of similar length; supraorbitals as wide as parietals; posterior margin of the skull roof straight; preorbital present; postorbital reduced to a narrow tube surrounding the sensory canal only; lachrymojugal with a posterior triangular shape; splenial with an anterior portion curved downward; splenial forming a symphyseal pore; short body with less than 50 neural arches; ossified lung absent; lobe of the pectoral fin poorly developed; first rays of the anterior dorsal smaller than the posterior rays; denticles on the fin rays of the anterior dorsal fin and the caudal fin.