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