Caridosuctor

<i>Caridosuctor</i>

Caridosuctor

Extinct genus of coelacanths

Caridosuctor is an extinct genus of marine coelacanth that lived during the Carboniferous period (Serpukhovian stage, about 318 - 326 million years ago). It contains a single species, C. populusum, with fossils known from the Bear Gulch Limestone in Montana.[1][2][3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Rhabdodermatidae - Paleobiology Database
  2. [2]
    "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
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    "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  4. [4]
    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. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(84)80145-x. ISSN 0016-6995.


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