Rhynchodipteridae
Encyclopedia
Rhynchodipteridae is a 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)
- Rhynchodipteridae (Family)
- †RhynchodipterusRhynchodipterusRhynchodipterus is a genus of prehistoric lungfish that lived during the late Devonian period....
(Genus) - †SoederberghiaSoederberghiaSoederberghia is a genus of prehistoric lungfish that lived during the late Devonian period.Soederberghia probably had a widespread range because fossils have been discovered in North America, Greenland and Australia....
(Genus)
- †Rhynchodipterus
- Rhynchodipteridae (Family)
- Dipnoi (Subclass)