Melanognathus
Appearance
Melanognathus Temporal range: Devonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Dipnoi |
Order: | †Uranolophina |
Family: | †Uranolophidae |
Genus: | †Melanognathus Jarvik, 1967 |
Type species | |
†Melanognathus canadensis Jarvik, 1967
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Melanognathus (Greek for "black jaw") is a genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ SCHULTZE H.P. (2001). MELANOGNATHUS, A PRIMITIVE DIPNOAN FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF DEVONIAN DIPNOANS. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, No. 4 pp. 781–794