Metaxygnathus
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Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Script error: No such module "Portal". Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia.[1] It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapodomorphs.[2]
References
- Campbell, K.S.W. and M.W. Bell. 1977. "A primitive amphibian from the Late Devonian of New South Wales." Alcheringa 1: 369–382.
External links
- Metaxygnathus denticulatus at Devonian Times