Megalocoelacanthus
| Megalocoelacanthus Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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| Megalocoelocanthus dobiei mounted skull in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Subclass: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | Latimeriidae |
| Genus: | Megalocoelacanthus |
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Megalocoelocanthus dobiei | |
Megalocoelacanthus is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Cretaceous period in the Western Interior Seaway.
References
- Citations
- Schwimmer, D.R.; Stewart, J.D.; Williams, G.D. 1994: Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States. Geology, 22(6): 503-506.
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