Caridosuctor Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
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Caridosuctor populosum | |
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Genus: | Caridosuctor |
Species: | C. populosum |
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Caridosuctor populosum Lund & Lund, 1984 | |
Caridosuctor populosum is an extinct species of coelacanth that lived during the Carboniferous period (Serpukhovian stage, about 318 - 326 million years ago). Fossils have been found in the Bear Gulch Limestone in Montana.
References
- ↑ Rhabdodermatidae - Paleobiology Database
- ↑ "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
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