Dipnorhynchidae
Encyclopedia
Dipnorhynchidae is an extinct family
of prehistoric lungfishes which lived during the Devonian period.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of prehistoric lungfishes which lived during the Devonian period.
Phylogeny
- SarcopterygiiSarcopterygiiThe Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned fishes – sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii constitute a clade of the bony fishes, though a strict classification would include the terrestrial vertebrates...
(Class)- Dipnoi (Subclass)
- Dipnorhynchidae (Family)
- DipnorhynchusDipnorhynchusDipnorhynchus is an extinct genus of lungfish from the middle Devonian period of Australia and Europe.Dipnorhynchus was a primitive lungfish, but still it had features that set it apart from other sarcopterygians. Its skull lacked the joint that divided the skull in two in rhipidists and...
(Genus) - GanorhynchusGanorhynchusGanorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish from the Devonian period....
(Genus) - "Speonesydrion" (Genus)
- Dipnorhynchus
- Dipnorhynchidae (Family)
- Dipnoi (Subclass)