Heddleichthys Temporal range: Devonian (Famennian) |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Family: | Tristichopteridae |
Genus: |
Heddleichthys Snitting, 2009 |
Species: | H. dalgleisiensis |
Binomial name | |
Heddleichthys dalgleisiensis (Anderson, 1859) |
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Heddleichthys is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (lobe-finned "fish"), from the end of the Devonian period (Famennian). It was discovered in Dura Den Formation, Scotland. Heddleichthys is a derived tristichopterid, the first from Britain.