Metaxygnathus
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Metaxygnathus Temporal range: Late Devonian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia (wide sense) |
| Subclass: | Labyrinthodontia |
| Order: | Ichthyostegalia |
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Metaxygnathus Campbell & Bell, 1977 |
| Type species | |
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Metaxygnathus denticulus Campbell & Bell, 1977 |
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Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian amphibian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia . It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapods.
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