Caridosuctor
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]
| Caridosuctor Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Caridosuctor populosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Rhabdodermatidae |
| Genus: | †Caridosuctor Lund & Lund, 1984 |
| Species: | †C. populosum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Caridosuctor populosum Lund & Lund, 1984 | |
References
- Rhabdodermatidae - Paleobiology Database
- "Coelacanthiformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved 20 Nov 2012.
- "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- 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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