Macropoma
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| Macropoma Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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Macropoma is an extinct genus of coelacanth fish in the class Sarcopterygii. These fishes have apparently been extinct for over 70 million years and are most closely related to the modern, albeit primitive, coelacanth Latimeria.
Fossils of Macropoma have been found in both England and Czechoslovakia. Recorded fossils have bodies under two feet in length. A modern coelacanth measures five or more, but possesses the same body plan with a three-lobed tail and stalked fins.
[edit] References
- Barry Cox, Colin Harrison, R.J.G. Savage, and Brian Gardiner. (1999): The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life. Simon & Schuster.
- David Norman. (2001): The Big Book Of Dinosaurs. page 61, Walcome books.
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