Lochmocercus

Extinct genus of fishes

Lochmocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Family:
Hadronectoridae
Genus:
Lochmocercus

Lochmocercus is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fishes which lived during the Carboniferous Period.[1][2]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Lochmocercus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Lund, Richard; Lund, Wendy (1984-01-01). "New genera and species of coelacanths from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of Montana (U.S.A.)". Geobios. 17 (2): 237–244. Bibcode:1984Geobi..17..237L. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(84)80145-X. ISSN 0016-6995.
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Actinistia
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Class: Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata
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Actinistia
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Actinistia
Actinistia sensu lato
  • Styloichthys?
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Lochmocercus


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