Allenypterus Explained

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]

External links

• Allenypterus montanus at The Fossil Mall site
• Allenypterus at The Palaeos site

Notes and References

1. Lund. Richard. Lund. Wendy. New genera and species of coelacanths from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Lower Carboniferous) of Montana (U.S.A.). Geobios. 1984. 17. 2. 237–244. 10.1016/S0016-6995(84)80145-X. 1984Geobi..17..237L .