Macropomoides

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Macropomoides
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Macropomoides orientalis - Lebanon.jpg
Macropomoides orientalis from Lebanon
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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 Fauna of Haqel and Hjoula.png
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.