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Ichnomylax

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Ichnomylax
Temporal range: Devonian
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Ichnomylax
Binomial name
Ichnomylax kurnai
Long, Campbell & Barwick, 1994
Species
  • I. kurnai (type)
    (Long, Campbell & Barwick, 1994)
  • I. karatajae (Reisz, Krupina & Smith, 2004)

Ichnomylax is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period. Fossils have been found in Australia and Russia.

References

  • Long, J. A., Campbell, K. S. W. & Barwick, R. E., (1994): "A new dipnoan genus Ichnomylax, from the Lower Devonian of Victoria, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 14, #1, pp. 127–131.
  • Reisz, R. R., Krupina, N. I. & Smith, M. M., (2004): "Dental histology in Ichnomylax karatajae sp. nov., an Early Devonian dipnoan from the Taymir Peninsula, Siberia, with a discussion on petrodenine". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 24, #1, pp. 18–25.