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Ectosteorhachis

Ectosteorhachis
Temporal range: Permian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Order: Osteolepiformes
Family: Megalichthyidae
Genus: Ectosteorhachis
Species: E. nitidus
Binomial name
Ectosteorhachis nitidus

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 Tetrapodomorpha and to the family of Megalichthyidae.Ectosteorhachis was a fresh water fish.


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