Metaxygnathus
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| Metaxygnathus Temporal range: Late Devonian
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Metaxygnathus
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| Metaxygnathus denticulus [1] Campbell & Bell, 1977
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Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian amphibian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia .[2] 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 tetrapods.[3]
References
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- Campbell, K.S.W. and M.W. Bell. 1977. "A primitive amphibian from the Late Devonian of New South Wales." Alcheringa 1: 369-382.
External links
- Metaxygnathus denticulatus at Devonian Times
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