Biology:Megapleuron

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Megapleuron
Temporal range: Asselian
Megapleuron rochei 4.JPG
Megapleuron rochei fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
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]

See also

  • Sarcopterygii
  • List of sarcopterygians
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6808810 entry