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.
Polyosteorhynchus Temporal range: Carboniferous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Actinistia |
Family: | Hadronectoridae |
Genus: | †Polyosteorhynchus Lund & Lund, 1984 |
Type species | |
Polyosteorhynchus simplex Lund & Lund, 1984
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