Melanognathus

Melanognathus
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Dipnoi
Order: †Uranolophina
Family: †Uranolophidae
Genus: †
Jarvik, 1967
Type species
†Melanognathus canadensis
Jarvik, 1967

Melanognathus (Greek for "black jaw") is a genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period.[1]

References

  1. ^ SCHULTZE H.P. (2001). MELANOGNATHUS, A PRIMITIVE DIPNOAN FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF DEVONIAN DIPNOANS. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, No. 4 pp. 781–794


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