Megapleuron

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Megapleuron
Temporal range: Asselian
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Megapleuron rochei fossil
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Megapleuron

Gaudry, 1881
Binomial name
Megapleuron rochei
Gaudry, 1881

Megapleuron is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish that lived during the Asselian age of the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch in what is now Burgundy, France. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Fossilworks: Megapleuron zangerli". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. "Fossilworks: Megapleuron rochei". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.