Gogodipterus

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Gogodipterus
Temporal range: Early Frasnian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Family: Chirodipteridae
Genus: Gogodipterus
Long, 1992
Species:
G. paddyensis
Binomial name
Gogodipterus paddyensis
(Miles, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Chirodipterus paddyensis Miles, 1977

Gogodipterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine lungfish in the family Chirodipteridae.[1] It contains a single species, G. paddyensis, known from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia.[2][3] It was formerly placed in Chirodipterus.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  2. ^ Long, John A. (1992). "Gogodipterus paddyensis (Miles), gen. nov., a new chirodipterid lungfish from the late Devonian Gogo formation, Western Australia". The Beagle: Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. 9: 11–20.
  3. ^ Long, John A.; Trinajstic, Kate (2010-04-01). "The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lägerstatte of Western Australia: Exceptional Early Vertebrate Preservation and Diversity". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 38 (1): 255–279. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152416. ISSN 0084-6597.
  4. ^ Miles, R. S. (1977). "Dipnoan (lungfish) skulls and the relationships of the group: a study based on new species from the Devonian of Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 61 (1–3): 1–328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01031.x. ISSN 0024-4082.