Biology:Allenypterus

Allenypterus; Temporal range: Bashkirian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil specimen of A. montanus, ; Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Family:	Hadronectoridae
Genus:	†Allenypterus; Melton, 1969
Species:	†A. montanus
Binomial name
	†Allenypterus montanus; Melton, 1969

Short description: Extinct genus of coelacanths

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]

Restoration
Allenypterus montanus. Heath Formation, Bear Gulch, Montana (USA). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
Allenypterus montanus, Museum of the Rockies

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

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Allenypterus Temporal range: Bashkirian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil specimen of A. montanus, Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinistia
Family:	Hadronectoridae
Genus:	†Allenypterus Melton, 1969
Species:	†A. montanus
Binomial name
†Allenypterus montanus Melton, 1969