Platycephalichthys

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

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

Restoration

Phylogeny

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

Tetrapodomorpha 

Kenichthys




Rhizodontidae




Canowindridae




Megalichthyiformes


Eotetrapodiformes

Tristichopteridae




Tinirau




Platycephalichthys


Elpistostegalia

Panderichthys





Tiktaalik



Elpistostege




Tetrapoda











References

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