How Long Was The Cilacap Fish Thought in the USA

How long was the coelacanth thought to be extinct? Coelacanths were thought to have become extinct in the Late Cretaceous, around 66 million years ago, but were rediscovered in 1938 off the coast of South Africa.Coelacanth. Coelacanth Temporal range: Early Devonian-Recent, Phylum: Chordata Clade: Sarcopterygii Subclass: Actinistia Order: Coelacanthiformes L. S. Berg, 1937. How old…