Devonosteus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
Genus: | †Devonosteus Jaekel, 1927 |
Species: | †D. proteus
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Binomial name | |
†Devonosteus proteus Jaekel, 1927
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Devonosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish known from the Late Devonian.[1] It contains a single species, D. proteus from the late Frasnian of Wildungen, Germany.[2][3] It has sometimes been considered a lungfish of the family Holodontidae, but this remains uncertain as the original specimen may be lost.[4][5] Alternatively, it may be a tristichopterid, a type of basal tetrapodomorph.[6]