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Macropomoides

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Extinct genus of coelacanths

Macropomoides
Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Macropomoides orientalis from Lebanon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Latimeriidae
Genus: Macropomoides
Woodward, 1942
Type species
Macropomoides orientalis
Woodward, 1942

Macropomoides is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Cretaceous period.

References

  1. History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Peter Forey.
Actinistia
Gnathostomata
Actinistia
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Actinistia
Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthiformes
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Macropomoides


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