Notorhizodon
Appearance
Notorhizodon Temporal range: Devonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
Genus: | †Notorhizodon Young et al., 1992 |
Species: | †N. mackelveyi
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Binomial name | |
†Notorhizodon mackelveyi Young et al., 1992
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Notorhizodon is an extinct genus of tristichopterid tetrapodomorphs which lived during the Devonian period (Givetian stage, about 385 - 391 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Antarctica and described by Young et al. in 1992.[1] Notorhizodon probably lived in freshwaters.
References
[edit]- ^ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans A. (2017-01-04). Morphology, Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Osteolepiform Fish. John Wiley & Sons. p. 456. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.