Laccognathus

Laccognathus
Temporal range:
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

See text.

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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