Cabonnichthys Temporal range: Late Devonian
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Skull and shoulder-girdle restorations. left lateral view of Cabonnichthys burnsi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
Genus: | †Cabonnichthys Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997 |
Species: | †C. burnsi
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Binomial name | |
†Cabonnichthys burnsi Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997
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Cabonnichthys ("Burns' Cabonne fish") is an extinct genus of tristichopterid fish that lived in the Late Devonian period (Famennian) of Australia. It has been found in Canowindra and is a medium-sized carnivorous lobe-finned fish.[1]