Megapleuron

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|298.8|293.52|Asselian}}

| image = Megapleuron rochei 4.JPG

| image_caption = Megapleuron rochei fossil

| taxon = Megapleuron

| authority = Gaudry, 1881

| type_species = {{extinct}}Megapleuron rochei

| type_species_authority = 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.{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=372972|title=Fossilworks: Megapleuron zangerli|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=321060|title=Fossilworks: Megapleuron rochei|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}}