Metaxygnathus
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| Metaxygnathus Temporal range: Late Devonian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | "Amphibia" (wide sense) |
| Subclass: | "Labyrinthodontia" |
| Order: | "Ichthyostegalia" |
| Genus: | Metaxygnathus Campbell & Bell, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| Metaxygnathus denticulus [1] Campbell & Bell, 1977 |
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Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian amphibian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia .[2] It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapods.[3]
References [edit]
- ^ "Tetrapodomorpha". Paleofile.com. Retrieved September 20, 2006.
- ^ Danny Kingsley (2002-12-19). "Four-legged fossil find in Asia rewrites history". ABC News.
- ^ Clack, J.A.; Ahlberg, P.E.; Blom, H.; and Finney, S.M. (2012). "A new genus of Devonian tetrapod from North-East Greenland, with new information on the lower jaw of Ichthyostega". Palaeontology 55 (1): 73–86. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01117.x.
- Campbell, K.S.W. and M.W. Bell. 1977. "A primitive amphibian from the Late Devonian of New South Wales." Alcheringa 1: 369-382.
External links [edit]
- Metaxygnathus denticulatus at Devonian Times
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