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'''''Diplocercides''''' is a [[genus]] of [[prehistoric]] [[lobe-finned fish]] which lived during the [[Late Devonian]] and [[Carboniferous]] [[geological period|period]] (between 359 and 397 million years [[BCE]]). It belongs to the group of [[coelacanth]]. [[Fossils]] of Diplocercides have been found in [[Germany]], [[Iran]], [[Ireland]] and [[Poland]] (and possibly in [[South Africa]] in [[1937]]).
'''''Diplocercides''''' is a [[genus]] of [[prehistoric]] [[lobe-finned fish]] which lived during the [[Late Devonian]] and [[Carbonifero
us]] [[geological period|period]] (between 359 and 397 million years [[BCE]]). It belongs to the group of [[coelacanth]]. [[Fossils]] of Diplocercides have been found in [[Germany]], [[Iran]], [[Ireland]], [[Australia]] and [[Poland]] (and possibly in [[South Africa]] in [[1937]]).


==Species of Diplocercides==
==Species of Diplocercides==
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*''[[Diplocercides kayseri]]'' <small>[[von Koenen]], 1895</small>
*''[[Diplocercides kayseri]]'' <small>[[von Koenen]], 1895</small>
*''[[Diplocercides jaekeli]]'' <small>[[Stensio]], 1922</small>
*''[[Diplocercides jaekeli]]'' <small>[[Stensio]], 1922</small>



== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/140Sarcopterygii/140.210.html#Diplocercides Diplocercides] at Palaeos.
*[http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/140Sarcopterygii/140.210.html#Diplocercides Diplocercides] at Palaeos.



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Diplocercides
Temporal range: Devonian - Carboniferous
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Diplocercides

Stensio, 1922

Diplocercides is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Late Devonian and [[Carbonifero

us]] period (between 359 and 397 million years BCE). It belongs to the group of coelacanth. Fossils of Diplocercides have been found in Germany, Iran, Ireland, Australia and Poland (and possibly in South Africa in 1937).

Species of Diplocercides