Biology:Platycephalichthys

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Short description: Genus of Sarcopterygii (fish)


Platycephalichthys
Temporal range: Upper Givetian
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Platycephalichthys in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
(unranked):
Family:
Genus:
Platycephalichthys

Vorobyeva, 1962
Species
  • P. bischoffi Vorobyeva, 1962 (type)
  • P. skuenicus Vorobyeva, 1977
  • P. rohoni Vorobyeva, 1959

Platycephalichthys is a genus of tristichopterid lobe-finned fish which lived during the Upper Devonian, Frasnian stage.

Restoration

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[1]

Tetrapodomorpha 

Kenichthys

Rhizodontidae

Canowindridae

Megalichthyiformes

Eotetrapodiformes

Tristichopteridae

Tinirau

Platycephalichthys

Elpistostegalia

Panderichthys

Tiktaalik

Elpistostege

Tetrapoda

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q11195552 entry