Holoptychiidae

Holoptychiidae
Temporal range: Middle Devonian-Mississippian
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Holoptychius sp.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Porolepimorpha
Order: Porolepiformes
Family: Holoptychiidae
Owen, 1860
Genera

Holoptychiidae is an extinct family of lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. At least one genus, Laccognathus, is thought to have been amphibious.

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