Platycephalichthys
Platycephalichthys Temporal range: Upper Givetian
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Platycephalichthys in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | †Platycephalichthys , 1962
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Platycephalichthys is a genus of tristichopterid lobe-finned fish which lived during the middle Devonian, upper Givetian stage.
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Restoration
Phylogeny[]
Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[1]
Tetrapodomorpha |
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See also[]
paleontology portal
References[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
- Eotetrapodiforms
- Devonian bony fish
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish stubs