Laccognathus panderi is an extinct lobe-finned fish from eastern Europe

Europe

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. They existed from the Middle Devonian to the Late Devonian (around 397.5 to 360 mya).

L. panderi was has been recovered from the Middle Devonian Gauja Formation

Gauja Formation

The Gauja Formation is a Middle Devonian fossil locality in Estonia and Latvia. It is named after the Gauja River, where it is exposed along the banks....

 and Late Devonian Amata Formation of Latvia

Latvia

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, the Kalmetumägi outcrop of Estonia

Estonia

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, and the Lower Frasnian

Frasnian

The Frasnian is one of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian epoch. It lasted from 385.3 ± 2.6 million years ago to 374.5 ± 2.6 million years ago. It was preceded by the Givetian stage and followed by the Famennian stage...

 stage rocks of the Kursk

Kursk

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 region in Russia

Russia

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 in what appears to have been either a marine

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 coast

Coast

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al region or a lagoon

Lagoon

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.

See also

• Sarcopterygii
  Sarcopterygii
  The 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...
  
  
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish