Metaxygnathus
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Metaxygnathus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Stegocephalia |
Genus: | †Metaxygnathus Campbell & Bell, 1977 |
Type species | |
†Metaxygnathus denticulus Campbell & Bell, 1977
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Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia .[1] 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.[2]
References
- ^ Danny Kingsley (2002-12-19). "Four-legged fossil find in Asia rewrites history". ABC News.
- ^ Clack, J.A.; Ahlberg, P.E.; Blom, H.; 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
- Metaxygnathus denticulatus at Devonian Times
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