Hynerpeton Daeschler et al. 1994 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapodomorpha

Holotype consists of partial pectoral girdle.

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Full reference: E. B. Daeschler, N. H. Shubin, K.S. Thomson and W.W. Amaral. 1994. A Devonian Tetrapod from North America. Science 265(5172):639-642

Parent taxon: Tetrapodomorpha according to J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner 2015

See also Daeschler et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Canowindridae, Densignathus, Elginerpetidae, Elginerpetontidae, Elpistostegalia, Eotetrapodiformes, Gogonasus, Hongyu, Ichthyostegidae, Jakubsonia, Kenichthys, Livoniana, Metaxygnathus, Sinostega, Spodichthys, Tetrapoda, Tulerpetidae, Tungsenia, Ventastega

Subtaxa: Hynerpeton bassetti

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Type: Hynerpeton bassetti

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Red Hill Locality (Devonian of Pennsylvania)

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