Macropomoides
| Macropomoides Temporal range: Cretaceous-Miocene | |
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| Macropomoides orientalis from Lebanon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Subclass: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | Latimeriidae |
| Genus: | †Macropomoides Woodward, 1942 |
| Species: | †M. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Macropomoides orientalis Woodward, 1942 | |
Macropomoides is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Cretaceous period and endured as recently as the Miocene.[1]
References
- ↑ Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa, Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher (2013). † Macropomoides palaestina Khalaf, 2013 : A New Coelacanth Fish Fossil Species from the Anthracothere Hill in Al-Naqab, Palestine. Gazelle: The Palestinian Biological Bulletin. ISSN 0178 – 6288. Number 107, November 2013, Muharram 1435 AH. pp. 30-38. Dubai and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. http://quastenflosser.webs.com/macropomoidespalaestina.htm [as Macropomoides palaestina]
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