Letognathus Brazeau 2005 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Rhizodontida

Full reference: M. D. Brazeau. 2005. A new genus of rhizodontid (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Lower Carboniferous Horton Bluff Formation of Nova Scotia, and the evolution of the lower jaws in this group. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:1481-1499

Parent taxon: Rhizodontida according to M. D. Brazeau 2005

Sister taxa: Archichthys, Barameda, Gooloogongia, Rhizodontiformes, Sauripteridae, Strepsodus

Subtaxa: Letognathus hardingi

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Ecology:

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Letognathus in the database

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