Laccognathus
Laccognathus Temporal range: | |
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Reconstruction of Laccognathus panderi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Porolepimorpha |
Order: | †Porolepiformes |
Family: | †Holoptychiidae |
Genus: | †Laccognathus Gross, 1941 |
Type species | |
†Laccognathus panderi Gross, 1941 | |
Species | |
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Laccognathus is an extinct genus of amphibious lobe-finned fish from Europe and North America. They existed from the Middle Devonian to the Late Devonian (around 397.5 to 360 mya). The name comes from Greek for 'pitted jaw'.
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