Caridosuctor populosum

Caridosuctor populosum (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Sarcopterygii
Subclassis: Coelacanthimorpha
Ordo: Coelacanthiformes
Familia: Rhabdodermatidae
Genus: Caridosuctor

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.

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Fossil fishes of Bear Gulch: Caridosuctor populosum