Ichnomylax

Extinct genus of fishes

Ichnomylax
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Family: Speonesydrionidae
Genus: Ichnomylax
Long, Campbell & Barwick, 1994
Species
  • I. kurnai (type)
    (Long, Campbell & Barwick, 1994)
  • I. karatajae (Reisz, Krupina & Smith, 2004)

Ichnomylax is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period. Fossils have been found in Australia and Russia.

References

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  • Long, J. A.; Campbell, K. S. W.; Barwick, R. E. (1994). "A new dipnoan genus, Ichnomylax, from the Lower Devonian of Victoria, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (1): 127–131. Bibcode:1994JVPal..14..127L. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011542.
  • Reisz, Robert R.; Krupina, Natalia I.; Smith, Moya M. (2004). "Dental histology in Ichnomylax karatajae sp. nov., an Early Devonian dipnoan from the Taymir Peninsula, Siberia, with a discussion on petrodentine". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (1): 18–25. Bibcode:2004JVPal..24...18R. doi:10.1671/1824-2. S2CID 140672730.
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Dipnomorpha
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Class: Sarcopterygii
  • Clade: Rhipidistia
Gnathostomata
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Porolepiformes
Holoptychiidae
Uranolophidae
Dipnorhynchidae
Stomiahykidae
Chirodipteridae
Holodontidae
Dipteridae
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Phaneropleuridae
Uronemidae
Neoceratodontidae
Ceratodontidae
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Lepidosirenidae
Porolepis sp.

Dipterus valenciennesi Phaneropleuron andersoni Neoceratodus forsteri Retodus tuberculatus Gnathorhiza sp. Protopterus dolloi

Lepidosiren paradoxa
Taxon identifiers
Ichnomylax


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