Platycephalichthys

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Platycephalichthys
Temporal range: Upper Givetian
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Platycephalichthys in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
(unranked):
Family:
Genus:
Platycephalichthys

, 1962
Species
  • P. bischoffi Vorobyeva, 1962 (type)
  • P. skuenicus Vorobyeva, 1977
  • P. rohoni Vorobyeva, 1959

Platycephalichthys is a genus of tristichopterid lobe-finned fish which lived during the middle Devonian, upper Givetian stage.

Restoration

Phylogeny[]

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[1]

Tetrapodomorpha 

Kenichthys

Rhizodontidae

Canowindridae

Megalichthyiformes

Eotetrapodiformes

Tristichopteridae

Tinirau

Platycephalichthys

Elpistostegalia

Panderichthys

Tiktaalik

Elpistostege

Tetrapoda

See also[]

  • Allosaurus Jardin des Plantes.png paleontology portal

References[]

  1. ^ Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e33683. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733683S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMC 3308997. PMID 22448265.


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