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Spodichthys

Spodichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of fish that lived in what is now Greenland during the Late Devonian. The type and only species is Spodichthys buetleri.

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Spodichthys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: †Tristichopteridae
Genus: †Spodichthys
Jarvik, 19851
Species:
†S. buetleri
Binomial name
†Spodichthys buetleri
Jarvik, 19852

Spodichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of fish that lived in what is now Greenland during the Late Devonian.1 The type and only species is Spodichthys buetleri.1

It was placed into the family Tristichopteridae by U. J. Borgen and H. A. Nakrem in 2016.13

References

References

  1. Spodichthys in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Spodichthys buetleri in the Paleobiology Database
  3. Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans Arne (2016). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 9781119286431.