Spodichthys
| Spodichthys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
| Genus: | †Spodichthys Jarvik, 1985[1] |
| Species: | †S. buetleri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Spodichthys buetleri Jarvik, 1985[2]
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Spodichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of fish that lived in what is now Greenland during the Late Devonian.[1] The type and only species is Spodichthys buetleri.[1]
It was placed into the family Tristichopteridae by U. J. Borgen and H. A. Nakrem in 2016.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Spodichthys in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Spodichthys buetleri in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans Arne (2016). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 9781119286431.