Ectosteorhachis

Ectosteorhachis
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Infraclass: Tetrapodomorpha
(unranked): Megalichthyiformes
Family: Megalichthyidae
Genus: Ectosteorhachis
Species: E. nitidus
Binomial name
Ectosteorhachis nitidus
Ectosteorhachis fossil

Ectosteorhachis is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish that lived during the Permian period (Cisuralian epoch, about 270 to 299 million years ago). It belonged to the group of Megalichthyiformes and to the family of Megalichthyidae.[1][2] Ectosteorhachis was a fresh water fish.

References

  1. Philippe Janvier, Gaël Clément and 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.
  2. 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. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.002.
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