Onychodontidae

Onychodontidae is an extinct family of sarcopterygian fishes which lived during the Early Devonian and Middle Devonian period. Onychodontid fossils have been discovered in the United States, Russia and Australia, during a period spanning approximately 82 million years.[1] The Onychodontidae was first described in 1891.[2]

Onychodontidae
Temporal range: Early Devonian-Middle Devonian,
~388.1–306.95 Ma [1] Early-Middle Miocene,
Reconstruction of Onychodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Onychodontiformes Andrews, 1973
Family:
Onychodontidae Woodward, 1891
Genera

Phylogeny

Based on a cladogram reproduced by Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.[3]

?†Luckeus abudda Young & Schultze, 2005

?†Quebecius quebecensis Whiteaves, 1889

Bukkanodus jesseni Johanson et al., 2007

Strunius

S. rolandi Gross, 1936

S. walteri Jessen, 1966

Qingmenodus yui Lu & Zhu, 2009

Grossius aragonensis Schultze, 1973

Onychodus

O. anglicus Woodward, 1888

O. arcticus Woodward, 1889

O. hopkinsi Newberry, 1857

O. jaekeli Gross, 1965

O. jandemarrai Andrews, et al. 2006

O. ortoni Newberry, 1889

O. obliquidentatus Jessen, 1966

O. sigmoides Newberry, 1857

O. yassensis Lindley, 2002

A new phylogenetic analysis of sarcopterygians, incorporating new fossils of Qingmenodus and neurocranial characters previously neglected, supported Onychodontiformes as stem-coelacanths within Actinistia.[4]

References

  1. Fossilworks: Onychodontidae. fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2.
  3. Haaramo, Mikko (2003). "Onychodontida". in Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  4. Lu, J., et al. 2016. A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into the early evolution of modern sarcopterygians. Science Advances, vol. 2, no. 6, e1600154, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600154


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