Biology:Caridosuctor

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Short description: Extinct genus of coelacanths


Caridosuctor
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Caridosuctor populosum.jpg
Caridosuctor populosum
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Caridosuctor
Species:
C. populosum
Binomial name
Caridosuctor populosum
Lund & Lund, 1984

Caridosuctor populosum is an extinct species of coelacanth that lived during the Carboniferous period (Serpukhovian stage, about 318 - 326 million years ago). Fossils have been found in the Bear Gulch Limestone in Montana.

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Wikidata ☰ Q3658640 entry