Allenypterus is an extinct genusofcoelacanths 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]
| Allenypterus
Temporal range: Bashkirian
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| Fossil specimen of A. montanus, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Family: | Hadronectoridae |
| Genus: | †Allenypterus Melton, 1969 |
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†A. montanus
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| †Allenypterus montanus Melton, 1969 | |
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