Mandageria

Mandageria
Temporal range: Late Devonian
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Mandageria
Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997
Species:
M. fairfaxi
Binomial name
Mandageria fairfaxi
Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997

Mandageria fairfaxi (Pronunciation: Man-daj-ee-ree-a fair-fax-i) is an extinct lobe-finned fish[1] that lived during the Late Devonian period (FrasnianFamennian). It is related to the much larger Hyneria; although Mandageria was smaller, likely hunted in a similar manner.

The generic epithet, Mandageria, refers to the Mandagery Sandstone, outcropping near Canowindra, Australia, where the fossils were found. The specific epithet, fairfaxi, honors the philanthropist James Fairfax. M. fairfaxi is the state fossil emblem for New South Wales.[2]

  1. ^ Age of Fishes Museum, Canowindra
  2. ^ "NSW State Flag & Emblems". NSW Government. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.