Allenypterus

Extinct genus of coelacanths

Allenypterus Temporal range: Bashkirian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil specimen of A. montanus, Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Family:	Hadronectoridae
Genus:	†Allenypterus Melton, 1969
Species:	†A. montanus
Binomial name
†Allenypterus montanus Melton, 1969

Allenypterus is an extinct genus of coelacanths which lived during the Bashkirian age of the Late Carboniferous period, 318 million years ago). Fossils have been discovered in Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA.^[1]

References

^ Lund, Richard; Lund, Wendy (1984). "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.

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see Gnathostomata
Actinistia	see below↓

Actinistia

Actinistia sensu lato

†Styloichthys?
†"Onychodontiformes"	Bukkanodus Grossius Luckeus Onychodus Qingmenodus Selenodus Strunius

Actinistia sensu stricto

†Eoactinistia †Euporosteus †Hainbergia †Nesides †Scleracanthus †Shoshonia †Styloichthys? †Youngichthys †Youngolepis?
†Miguashaiidae	Gavinia Miguashaia
†Diplocercidae	Chagrinia Dictyonosteus Diplocercides Serenichthys
†Hadronectoridae	Allenypterus Hadronector Holopterygius Lochmocercus Polyosteorhynchus
†Rhabdodermatidae	Caridosuctor Coelacanthopsis? Dumfregia Rhabdoderma Sassenia Spermatodus Synaptotylus
†Laugiidae	Belemnocerca Coccoderma Laugia Trachymetopon

†Garnbergia
†Mawsoniidae	Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis
Latimeriidae	†Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma †Macropomoides †Megalocoelacanthus †Rieppelia †Swenzia †Ticinepomis †Undina