Polyosteorhynchus

Extinct genus of coelacanths

Polyosteorhynchus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Subclass:
Actinistia
Family:
Hadronectoridae
Genus:
Polyosteorhynchus

Lund and Lund, 1984

Polyosteorhynchus is an extinct genus of coelacanths which lived during the Carboniferous period (Serpukhovian stage, about 318 - 326 million years ago). The size of Polyosteorhynchus was about 3,5 – 19 cm long.

Species of Polyosteorhynchus

  • Polyosteorhynchus simplex Lund and Lund, 1984

External links

  • Polyosteorhynchus at Palaeos
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Actinistia
Gnathostomata
    • see Gnathostomata
Actinistia
    • see below↓
Actinistia sensu lato
"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
Polyosteorhynchus


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