Dipteridae
Encyclopedia
Dipteridae is an extinct family
of prehistoric lungfishes which lived during the Devonian period.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of prehistoric lungfishes which lived during the Devonian period.
Phylogeny
- SarcopterygiiSarcopterygiiThe Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned fishes – sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii constitute a clade of the bony fishes, though a strict classification would include the terrestrial vertebrates...
(Class)- Dipnoi (Subclass)
- Dipteridae (Family)
- †AmadeodipterusAmadeodipterusAmadeodipterus is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period. Fossils have been found in Central Australia....
(Genus) - †ConchodusConchodusConchodus is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period....
(Genus) - †DipteroidesDipteroidesDipteroides is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period....
(Genus) - †DipterusDipterusDipterus is an extinct genus of lungfish from the late Devonian period of Australia and Europe.In most respects, Dipterus, which was about long, closely resembled modern lungfish. Like its ancestor Dipnorhynchus, it had tooth-like plates on its palate instead of real teeth...
(Genus) - †GrossipterusGrossipterusGrossipterus is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period....
(Genus)
- †Amadeodipterus
- Dipteridae (Family)
- Dipnoi (Subclass)