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{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Late [[Devonian]]
| taxon = Griphognathus
| authority = Gross, 1956
}}

'''''Griphognathus''''' (from {{langx|el|γρίφος}} {{Transliteration|el|grífos}} 'riddle') and {{langx|el|γνάθος}} {{Transliteration|el|gnáthos}} 'jaw') is an [[extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of [[lungfish]] from the late [[Devonian]] period of Europe and Australia.

''Griphognathus'' was a specialized lungfish, about {{convert|60|cm|in}} long, with an elongated snout. The lower jaw and [[palate]] were lined with tooth-like [[Dermal denticle|denticles]]. Like all other lungfish, its [[skin]] was covered by overlapping [[scale (zoology)|scales]], and it had an asymmetrical [[tail]].<ref name=EoDP>{{cite book |editor=Palmer, D.|year=1999 |title= The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals|publisher= Marshall Editions|location=London|page= 45|isbn= 1-84028-152-9}}</ref>

==Species==
{{incomplete list|date=July 2015}}
*''Griphognathus minutidens''
*''Griphognathus sculpta''
*''[[Griphognathus whitei]]

==References==
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{{Sarcopterygian genera|R.}}
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[[Category:Prehistoric fish of Australia]]
[[Category:Prehistoric lungfish genera]]
[[Category:Devonian bony fish]]
[[Category:Late Devonian animals]]
[[Category:Late Devonian fish]]
[[Category:Devonian fish of Europe]]


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