Devonosteus

Extinct genus of fishes

Devonosteus
Temporal range: Late Frasnian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Devonosteus
Jaekel, 1927
Species:
D. proteus
Binomial name
Devonosteus proteus
Jaekel, 1927

Devonosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish known from the Late Devonian.[1] It contains a single species, D. proteus from the late Frasnian of Wildungen, Germany.[2][3] It has sometimes been considered a lungfish of the family Holodontidae, but this remains uncertain as the original specimen may be lost.[4][5] Alternatively, it may be a tristichopterid, a type of basal tetrapodomorph.[6]

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References

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  2. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  3. ^ Cloutier, Richard; Lelievre, Hervé (January 1998). "Comparative study of the fossiliferous sites of the Devonian". Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Faune, Gouv Québec.
  4. ^ Campbell, K. S. W.; Barwick, R. E. (1986). "Paleozoic lungfishes?a review". Journal of Morphology. 190 (S1): 93–131. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051900409. ISSN 0362-2525.
  5. ^ Long, John (2010). "New holodontid lungfishes from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia". Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes.
  6. ^ Cloutier, Richard (1996). "Taxonomic review of Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves". Devonian Fishes and Plants of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada.
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