Canowindridae
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| Canowindridae Temporal range: 374–359Ma Late Devonian |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Family: | †Canowindridae |
Canowindridae is a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Devonian period (Famennian stage, about 374 to 359 million years ago). Fossils of fishes that belonged to this family have been found in Australia, Antarctica and Europe.
Phylogeny[edit]
Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLoS ONE 7 (3): e33683. doi:10.1371.2Fjournal.pone.0033683.
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