Dictyonosteus

Extinct genus of fishes

Dictyonosteus
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Subclass:
Actinistia
Family:
Diplocercidae
Genus:
Dictyonosteus

Dictyonosteus is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Late Devonian period. Fossils have been found in Spitsbergen, Norway.

References

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Actinistia
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Class: Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata
    • see Gnathostomata
Actinistia
    • see below↓
Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Dictyonosteus


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