Platycephalichthys

Platycephalichthys is a genus of tristichopterid lobe-finned fish which lived during the middle Devonian, upper Givetian stage.

Restoration

Platycephalichthys
Temporal range: upper Givetian
Platycephalichthys in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes
Genus: Platycephalichthys
Vorobyeva, 1962
Species
  • P. bischoffi Vorobyeva, 1962 (type)
  • P. skuenicus Vorobyeva, 1977

Phylogeny

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

Tetrapodomorpha 

Kenichthys

Rhizodontidae

Canowindridae

Megalichthyiformes

Eotetrapodiformes

Tristichopteridae

Tinirau

Platycephalichthys

Elpistostegalia

Panderichthys

Tiktaalik

Elpistostege

Tetrapoda

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See also

  •  paleontology portal

References


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