Synaptotylus

Synaptotylus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish from the Pennsylvanian.[1] The type species is Synaptotylus newelli (Hibbard 1933).

Synaptotylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Subclass:
Actinistia
Order:
Coelacanthimorpha
Genus:
Synaptotylus

Echols 1963[1]

See also
  • Sarcopterygii
  • List of sarcopterygians
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. H. -P. Schultze; J. D. Stewart; A. M. Neuner & R. W. Coldiron (1982). "Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History". University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publications.
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