Macropomoides
Extinct genus of coelacanths
Macropomoides Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Macropomoides orientalis from Lebanon | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Subclass: | Actinistia |
Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
Family: | Latimeriidae |
Genus: | †Macropomoides Woodward, 1942 |
Species: | †M. orientalis |
Binomial name | |
Macropomoides orientalis Woodward, 1942 |
Macropomoides is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Cretaceous period.[1]
References
- ^ History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Peter Forey.
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