Allenypterus

Allenypterus; Temporal range: Bashkirian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	File:Allenypterus montanus (fossil coelacanth fish) (Bear Gulch Limestone, Upper Mississippian; Potter Creek Dome, Montana, USA) (15149629150).jpg
	Fossil specimen of A. montanus, ; Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Family:	Hadronectoridae
Genus:	†Allenypterus; Melton, 1969
Species:	†A. montanus
Binomial name
	†Allenypterus montanus; Melton, 1969

Allenypterus is an extinct genus of coelacanths which lived during the Bashkirian age of the Late Carboniferous period, 318 million years ago). Fossils have been discovered in Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA.^[1]

References

↑ 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. Bibcode:1984Geobi..17..237L. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(84)80145-X.

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Allenypterus Temporal range: Bashkirian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
File:Allenypterus montanus (fossil coelacanth fish) (Bear Gulch Limestone, Upper Mississippian; Potter Creek Dome, Montana, USA) (15149629150).jpg
Fossil specimen of A. montanus, Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Family:	Hadronectoridae
Genus:	†Allenypterus Melton, 1969
Species:	†A. montanus
Binomial name
†Allenypterus montanus Melton, 1969