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Sorbitorhynchus

Sorbitorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians, or lobe-finned fish. Fossils of this genus of marine lungfish have been found in Guangxi, China. The only described species in this genus is Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus, but the holotype for this species may show some unusual malformations and thus not be useful for taxonomic or phylogenetic analysis.

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Sorbitorhynchus
Temporal range: Early Devonian1
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Dipnoi
Family: †Chirodipteridae
Genus: †Sorbitorhynchus
Wang, Drapala, Barwick & Campbell in Campbell & Barwick, 1990

Sorbitorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians, or lobe-finned fish. Fossils of this genus of marine lungfish have been found in Guangxi, China. 1 The only described species in this genus is Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus,2 but the holotype for this species may show some unusual malformations and thus not be useful for taxonomic or phylogenetic analysis.3

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  1. Campbell, K. S. W.; Barwick, R. E. (1990). "Paleozoic dipnoan phylogeny: functional complexes and evolution without parsimony". Paleobiology. 16 (2): 143–169. doi:10.1017/S0094837300009854.
  2. Shitao, W.; Drapla, V. D.; Barwick, R. E.; Campbell, K. S. W. (1993). "The dipnoan species, Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus , from the Lower Devonian of Guangxi, China". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 340 (1291): 1–24. doi:10.1098/rstb.1993.0045.
  3. Kemp, A. (1995). "Possible pathology in the snout and lower jaw of the Chinese Devonian lungfish, Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (4): 453–458. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011571.