Biology:Densignathus

From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Densignathus
Temporal range: Late Devonian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Stegocephali
Genus: Densignathus
Daeschler, 2000
Type species
D. rowei
Daeschler, 2000

Densignathus is an extinct genus of early stem-tetrapod from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania in the United States. A lower jaw has been found from the Red Hill fossil site, which is known for a diversity of lobe-finned fishes and other early tetrapods like Hynerpeton. The type species, Densignathus rowei, was named in honor of paleontologist Norman Douglas Rowe in 2000.[1]

References

  1. Daeschler, E.B. (2000). "Early tetrapod jaws from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania, USA". Journal of Paleontology 74 (2): 301–308. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0301:etjftl>2.0.co;2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5259329 entry