Coelacanth
(SEE la kanth)
Scientifc Name: Macropoma
Description: Lobe-finned Fish
Specimen location: Niobrara Chalk of Northwestern Kansas
The coelacanth specimen shown here is the most complete Macropoma fossil found in North America. Discoveries by staff and volunteers from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County have shown that coelacanths survived in North America at least through the end of the Cretaceous Period (65 million years ago).
LACM 131958 (6074)
Discoverer: Michael & Pam Everhart
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