Ectosteorhachis is an extinct genus of megalichthyid tetrapodomorphs that lived during the Permian period (Cisuralian epoch, about 299 to 272 million years ago).[1][2] Ectosteorhachis lived in freshwater environments.
Ectosteorhachis Temporal range: Cisuralian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | †Megalichthyiformes |
Family: | †Megalichthyidae |
Genus: | †Ectosteorhachis Cope, 1880 |
Type species | |
†Ectosteorhachis nitidus Cope, 1880
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References
edit- ^ Philippe Janvier; Gaël Clément; Richard Cloutier (2007). "A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 29 (2): 249–268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-14.
- ^ Florian Witzmann; Rainer R. Schoch (2012). "A megalichthyid sarcopterygian fish from the Lower Permian (Autunian) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany". Geobios. 45 (2): 241–248. Bibcode:2012Geobi..45..241W. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.002.