Laccognathus

Laccognathus
Temporal range:
Middle to Late Devonian
Reconstruction of Laccognathus panderi
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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'.[1]

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