Pentlandia

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Pentlandia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Genus:
Pentlandia

Pentlandia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish. Its first discovered species was initially named Dipterus macroptera by Ramsay Traquair in 1888,[1] then renamed Pentlandia macroptera by D.M.S. Watson and H. Day in 1916.[2]

See also[]

  • Sarcopterygii
  • List of sarcopterygians
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References[]

  1. ^ Traquair, R.H. (1888). "Notes on the nomenclature of the fishes of the Old Red Sandstone of Great Britain". Geological Magazine. 5 (11): 507–517. doi:10.1017/S0016756800182809.
  2. ^ Newman, Mike (2010). "Middle Devonian Fish from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland (IPC3 Pre-Conference Field Trip)". Academia.edu. Academia.edu. Retrieved 17 January 2017.


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