Lochmocercus

Lochmocercus is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fishes which lived during the Carboniferous Period.[1][2]

Lochmocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Family:
Hadronectoridae
Genus:
Lochmocercus

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

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Lochmocercus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  2. Lund, Richard; Lund, Wendy (1984-01-01). "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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