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Megapleuron Temporal range: Asselian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Megapleuron rochei fossil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Dipnoi
Genus:	†Megapleuron Gaudry, 1881
Type species
†Megapleuron rochei Gaudry, 1881

Megapleuron is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish that lived during the Asselian age of the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch in what is now Burgundy, France.

See also

• Sarcopterygii
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. "Fossilworks: Megapleuron zangerli". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. "Fossilworks: Megapleuron rochei". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Osteichthyes Clade: Sarcopterygii Clade: Rhipidistia Gnathostomata see Gnathostomata Dipnomorpha see below↓ Dipnomorpha
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