Megapleuron

Extinct genus of fishes

Megapleuron
Temporal range: Asselian
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Megapleuron rochei fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Subclass:
Dipnoi
Genus:
Megapleuron

Gaudry, 1881
Binomial name
Megapleuron rochei
Gaudry, 1881

Megapleuron is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish that lived during the Asselian age of the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch in what is now Burgundy, France.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Megapleuron zangerli". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Megapleuron rochei". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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