Macropomoides

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Macropomoides
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Macropomoides orientalis from Lebanon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Suborder: Latimerioidei
Family: Latimeriidae
Genus: Macropomoides
Woodward, 1942
Type species
Macropomoides orientalis
Woodward, 1942
Fauna and depositional environment of the coeval Hakel and Hjoula localities, including Macropomoides

Macropomoides is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Cretaceous period.[1]

References

  1. History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Peter Forey.