Notorhizodon

Notorhizodon
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Notorhizodon
Species: N. mackelveyi
Binomial name
Notorhizodon mackelveyi
Young et al., 1992

Notorhizodon is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period (Givetian stage, about 385 - 391 million years ago). It belonged to the family of Tristichopteridae fishes. Fossils have been found in Antarctica and described by Young et al. in 1992. Notorhizodon probably lived in freshwaters.

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