Uranolophidae
Encyclopedia
Uranolophidae is an extinct family
of prehistoric lungfishes which lived during the Devonian period. Fossils have been found in North America
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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. Fossils have been found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
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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)
- UranolophinaUranolophinaUranolophina is a small group of prehistoric lungfishes which lived during the Devonian period.-Phylogeny:* Sarcopterygii ** Dipnoi *** Uranolophina **** Uranolophidae...
(Order)- Uranolophidae (Family)
- UranolophusUranolophusUranolophus is a prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Late Devonian period. It is the type genus of the family Uranolophidae....
(Genus) - MelanognathusMelanognathusMelanognathus is a prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period....
(Genus)
- Uranolophus
- Uranolophidae (Family)
- Uranolophina
- Dipnoi (Subclass)