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Book Fauna Palaestina 4 Year 2014 By Prof Dr Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf von Jaffa ISBN 978-9950-383-77-7

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† Macropomoides palaestina <strong>Khalaf</strong>,<br />

2013 : A New Coelacanth Fish Fossil<br />

Species from the Anthracothere Hill<br />

in Al-Naqab, Palestine<br />

: نوع جدٌد<br />

ماكروبوموٌدس بلستٌنا<br />

‏ْلحفورة سمكة الج مبٌزة ‏)سٌالكانث(‏ من تل أنثراكوثٌر<br />

فً‏ النقب ، فلسطٌن<br />

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خلف ،<br />

<strong>By</strong>: <strong>Prof</strong>. <strong>Dr</strong>. Sc. <strong>Norman</strong> <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bassam</strong> <strong>Ali</strong> Taher<br />

<strong>Khalaf</strong>-Sakerfalke <strong>von</strong> <strong>Jaffa</strong><br />

Abstract: A new fossil species of Coelacanth Fish from<br />

the Early Miocene of the genus Macropomoides (Class<br />

Sarcopterygii, Subclass Crossopterygii, Order<br />

Coelacanthiformes, Suborder Latimerioidei, Family<br />

Latimeriidae) was found at the Anthracothere Hill in Al-<br />

Naqab (Negev), Palestine. The new fossil species is<br />

distinguished from the Lebanese Coelacanth fossil species<br />

Macropomoides orientalis by its slightly different skeletal,<br />

skull and fin features. It is morphologically a distinct<br />

species. The new species was named † Macropomoides<br />

palaestina <strong>Khalaf</strong>, 2013.<br />

A new fossil species of Coelacanth Fish from the Early Miocene of<br />

the genus Macropomoides (Class Sarcopterygii, Subclass<br />

Crossopterygii, Order Coelacanthiformes, Suborder Latimerioidei,<br />

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