Platycephalichthys

Platycephalichthys
Temporal range: Upper Givetian
Platycephalichthys in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes
Genus: †
Vorobyeva, 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 Upper Devonian, Frasnian stage.

Restoration

Phylogeny

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

Tetrapodomorpha

See also

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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