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Polyosteorhynchus

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Polyosteorhynchus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Family: Hadronectoridae
Genus: Polyosteorhynchus
Lund & Lund, 1984
Type species
Polyosteorhynchus simplex
Lund & Lund, 1984

Polyosteorhynchus is an extinct genus of coelacanths which lived during the Carboniferous period (Serpukhovian stage, about 318 - 326 million years ago). The size of Polyosteorhynchus was about 3,5 – 19 cm long.


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