Metaxygnathus
Sign in to saveMetaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia. It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapodomorphs.
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- Ichthyostegalia
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- Metaxygnathus
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- Late Devonian
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Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia. It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapodomorphs.
==References== Campbell, K.S.W. and M.W. Bell. 1977. "A primitive amphibian from the Late Devonian of New South Wales." Alcheringa 1: 369–382.
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