List of Devonian tetrapods

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Devonian tetrapods include fishapods and amphibians that lived during the Devonian Period.

Elpistostegalia[]

Genus[1] Status Age[1] Location[1] Description Images

Elpistostege

Valid Frasnian Canada

Valid Frasnian Australia

Livoniana

Valid Frasnian Latvia and Estonia

Panderichthys

Valid Frasnian Latvia 0.9–1.3 m long Panderichthys BW.jpg

Valid Frasnian Russia

Tiktaalik

Valid Frasnian Canada 2.75 m long Tiktaalik BW.jpg

Ichthyostegalia[]

Genus[2] Status Age[2] Location[2] Description Images

Acanthostega

Valid Famennian Greenland 0.6 m long Acanthostega BW.jpg

Densignathus

Valid Famennian United States

Elginerpeton

Valid Frasnian United Kingdom 1.5 m long Elginerpeton BW.jpg

Hynerpeton

Valid Famennian United States 1.2 m long Hynerpeton BW.jpg

Ichthyostega

Valid Famennian Greenland 1.5 m long Ichthyostega BW 2.jpg

Jakubsonia

Valid Famennian Russia

Metaxygnathus

Valid Famennian Australia

Obruchevichthys

Valid Frasnian Latvia

Sinostega

Valid Famennian China

Tulerpeton

Valid Famennian Russia Tulerpeton12DB.jpg

Ventastega

Valid Famennian Latvia 1 m long

Ymeria

Valid Famennian Greenland

Tutusius umlambo

Valid Famennian South Africa 1.2 m long

Waterloo Farm tetrapod outlines (Tutusius umlambo)1.jpg

Umzantsia amazana

Valid Famennian South Africa 0.8 m long

Waterloo Farm tetrapod Umzantsia amazana.jpg

Timeline of genera[]

DevonianFamennianFrasnianGivetianEifelianEmsianPragianLochkovianSinostegaVentastegaDensignathusHynerpetonYmeriaTulerpetonIchthyostegaAcanthostegaJakubsoniaMetaxygnathusObruchevichthysElginerpetonTiktaalikParapanderichthysPanderichthysLivonianaHowittichthysElpistostegeDevonianFamennianFrasnianGivetianEifelianEmsianPragianLochkovian

See also[]

  • Carboniferous tetrapods
  • Permian tetrapods

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Tetrapodomorpha". Palaeocritti. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Early Tetrapods". Palaeocritti. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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