Biology:Soederberghia

Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Soederberghia Temporal range: Late Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Subclass:	Dipnoi
Family:	†Rhynchodipteridae
Genus:	†Soederberghia Lehman, 1959
Species
†S. groenlandica (type) Lehman, 1959 †S. simpsoni Ahlberg et al., 2001

Soederberghia is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish that lived during the late Devonian period.

Soederberghia probably had a widespread range because fossils have been discovered in North America, Greenland and Australia .

The long-snouted Soederberghia shares many relationships with the lungfish Rhynchodipterus.

The genus is named after paleontologist Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh.

References

• Ahlberg, Per E.; Johanson, Z.; Daeschler, E. B. (2001). "The Late Devonian lungfish Soederberghia (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from Australia and North America, and its biogeographical implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0001:TLDLSS2.0.CO;2]. 

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