Pentlandia
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Pentlandia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish. Its first discovered species was initially named Dipterus macroptera by Ramsay Traquair in 1888,[1] then renamed Pentlandia macroptera by D.M.S. Watson and H. Day in 1916.[2]
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- ^ Traquair, R.H. (1888). "Notes on the nomenclature of the fishes of the Old Red Sandstone of Great Britain". Geological Magazine. 5 (11): 507–517. Bibcode:1888GeoM....5..507T. doi:10.1017/S0016756800182809. S2CID 197579815.
- ^ Newman, Mike (2010). "Middle Devonian Fish from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland (IPC3 Pre-Conference Field Trip)". Academia.edu. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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