Allenypterus
Extinct genus of coelacanths
Allenypterus Temporal range: Bashkirian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Fossil specimen of A. montanus, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Family: | Hadronectoridae |
Genus: | †Allenypterus Melton, 1969 |
Species: | †A. montanus |
Binomial name | |
†Allenypterus montanus Melton, 1969 |
Allenypterus is an extinct genus of coelacanths which lived during the Bashkirian age of the Late Carboniferous period, 318 million years ago). Fossils have been discovered in Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA.[1]
References
- ^ Lund, Richard; Lund, Wendy (1984). "New genera and species of coelacanths from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of Montana (U.S.A.)". Geobios. 17 (2): 237–244. Bibcode:1984Geobi..17..237L. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(84)80145-X.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allenypterus montanus.
- Allenypterus montanus at The Fossil Mall site
- Allenypterus at The Palaeos site
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