Alcoveria is an extinct genus of mawsoniid coelacanth fish which lived during the Middle Triassic of Europe. It contains a single known species, A. brevis, known from a well preserved specimen from the Muschelkalk of Spain. It lived in a marine environment, being one of the few mawsoniids known to do so. Although it can be assigned to the Mawsoniidae, the lack of well-developed pleural libs precludes a finer taxonomic assignment. Prominent denticles are known on its fin rays.
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