Polyosteorhynchus

Polyosteorhynchus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Subclass: Actinistia
Family: Hadronectoridae
Genus: Polyosteorhynchus
Lund and Lund, 1984

Polyosteorhynchus is an extinct genus of coelacanth lobe-finned fish 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.

Species of Polyosteorhynchus

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