Holoptychiidae
Extinct family of fishes
Holoptychiidae Temporal range: Middle Devonian-Mississippian ~393.3–318 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Holoptychius sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Porolepimorpha |
Order: | †Porolepiformes |
Family: | †Holoptychiidae Owen, 1860 |
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Holoptychiidae is an extinct family of lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. At least one genus, Laccognathus, is thought to have been amphibious.[1]
References
- ^ Vorobyeva, E.I. (2006). "A new species of Laccognathus (Porolepiform Crossopterygii) from the Devonian of Latvia". Paleontol. J. 40 (3). Physorg.com: 312–322. Bibcode:2006PalJ...40..312V. doi:10.1134/S0031030106030129. S2CID 129696592.
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