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Platycephalichthys

Platycephalichthys
Temporal range: upper Givetian
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Platycephalichthys in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii
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.

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:

Kenichthys

Rhizodontidae

Canowindridae

Megalichthyiformes

Tristichopteridae

Tinirau

Platycephalichthys

Panderichthys

Tiktaalik

Elpistostege

Tetrapoda



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