Biology:Pentlandia

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Pentlandia
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Pentlandia

Pentlandia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish. Its first discovered species was initially named Dipterus macroptera by Ramsay Traquair in 1888,[1] then renamed Pentlandia macroptera by D.M.S. Watson and H. Day in 1916.[2]

See also

  • Sarcopterygii
  • List of sarcopterygians
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. Traquair, R.H. (1888). "Notes on the nomenclature of the fishes of the Old Red Sandstone of Great Britain". Geological Magazine 5 (11): 507–517. doi:10.1017/S0016756800182809. Bibcode1888GeoM....5..507T. 
  2. Newman, Mike (2010). "Middle Devonian Fish from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland (IPC3 Pre-Conference Field Trip)". https://www.academia.edu/4717315. 

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