Ngamugawi wirngarri

The first and only coelacanth species from the Gogo Formation, known from two specimens.

Specimen number: WAM 09-6-148
Significance: Holotype (part and counterpart)

Specimen number: NMV P231504
Significance: Paratype (partial braincase)

Geological age: Frasnian
State/territory: Western Australia
Locality/site: Gogo Formation, Fitzroy Crossing

These data first appeared in: Clement et al. (2024) A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics. Nature Communications.

Ngamugawi wirngarri, swimming in the Devonian Gogo reef. — Image: Katrina Kenny

WAM 09-6-148 (holotype). Part A (Containing Skull, Pectoral And Branchial Elements).

WAM 09-6-148 (holotype). Counterpart (Part B, Anterior Part Of A Fish Including The Parasphenoid, Branchial Arches, Operculum, Gular And Mandibular Ramus From Right Side.

NMV P231504 (paratype). Partial section of the braincase.

A 3D reconstruction of the skull of Ngamugawi wirngarri, reconstructed in life position from the holotype and paratype. Created in 3-Matic by Alice Clement.