Holoptychiidae

Extinct family of fishes

Holoptychiidae
Temporal range: Middle Devonian-Mississippian
~393.3–318 Ma
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Holoptychius sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Porolepimorpha
Order: Porolepiformes
Family: Holoptychiidae
Owen, 1860
Genera

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

  1. ^ 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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