Metaxygnathus
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Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of tetrapodomorph lobe-finned fishs found in Late Devonian
deposits of New South Wales, Australia
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It is only known from a lower jawbone.
Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era spanning from the end of the Silurian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya , to the beginning of the Carboniferous Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya...
deposits of New South Wales, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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It is only known from a lower jawbone.
External links
- Metaxygnathus denticulatus at Devonian Times