Biology:Holoptychiidae

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Short description: Extinct family of fishes

Holoptychiidae
Temporal range: Middle Devonian-Mississippian
~393.3–318 Ma
Holoptychius BW.jpg
Holoptychius sp.
Scientific classification e
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. (Physorg.com) 40 (3): 312–322. doi:10.1134/S0031030106030129. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5884284 entry