Heddleichthys
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
Genus: | †Heddleichthys Snitting, 2009 |
Species: | †H. dalgleisiensis
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Binomial name | |
†Heddleichthys dalgleisiensis (Anderson, 1859)[1]
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Heddleichthys is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (lobe-finned "fish"), from the end of the Devonian period (Famennian). It was discovered in Dura Den Formation, Scotland. Heddleichthys is a derived tristichopterid, the first from Britain.
References
- ^ Snitting, D. (2009). "Heddleichthys- a new tristichopterid genus from the Dura Den Formation, Midland Valley, Scotland (Famennian, Late Devonian)". Acta Zoologica. 90: 273. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00376.x.