Caridosuctor Temporal range: Carboniferous |
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Caridosuctor populosum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Subclass: | Actinistia |
Family: | Rhabdodermatidae |
Genus: | Caridosuctor |
Species: | C. populosum |
Binomial name | |
Caridosuctor populosum Lund & Lund, 1984 |
Caridosuctor is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth, lobe-finned fish, which lived during the Carboniferous period (Serpukhovian stage, about 318 - 326 million years ago). Fossils have been found in North America.