Strepsodus

<i>Strepsodus</i>

Strepsodus

Extinct genus of fishes

Strepsodus is a genus of rhizodont lobe-finned fish that lived throughout the Carboniferous period. Fossils have been found in eastern Canada, Britain (England and Scotland), and Queensland, Australia; indeterminate species of Strepsodus have also been found in the late Devonian deposits of Turkey, Iran and Colombia.[1][2] A large individual is measured up to 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) long.[2]

Quick Facts Strepsodus Temporal range: Carboniferous, Scientific classification ...

References

  1. [1]
    Johanson Z.; Turner S.; Warren A. (2000). "First East Gondwanan record of Strepsodus (Sarcopterygii, Rhizodontida) from the Lower Carboniferous Ducabrook Formation, central Queensland, Australia" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 22 (2): 161–169.
  2. [2]
    Jeffery, Jonathan E. (2006). "The Carboniferous fish genera Strepsodus and Archichthys (Sarcopterygii: Rhizodontida): Clarifying 150 years of confusion". Palaeontology. 49 (1): 113–132. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00531.x.


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