Metaxygnathus
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| Metaxygnathus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Elpistostegalia |
| Genus: | †Metaxygnathus Campbell & Bell, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| †Metaxygnathus denticulus Campbell & Bell, 1977
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Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal'). Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia.[1] 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 tetrapodomorphs.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- Campbell, K.S.W. and M.W. Bell. 1977. "A primitive amphibian from the Late Devonian of New South Wales." Alcheringa 1: 369–382.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Metaxygnathus denticulatus at Devonian Times
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