Hadronector

Hadronector
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Suborder: Hadronectoroidei
Family: Hadronectoridae
Genus: Hadronector
Species: H. donbairdi
Binomial name
Hadronector donbairdi
Lund & Lund, 1984

Hadronector is a prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period (Mississippian epoch (Serpukhovian stage), about 318 to 326 million years ago) of Montana, North America. Hadronector belongs to the group of coelacanth fishes and it is the type genus in the family of Hadronectoridae.

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