Laccognathus panderi
Laccognathus panderi is an extinct lobe-finned fish from northern Europe. They existed from the Middle Devonian to the Late Devonian (around 397.5 to 360 mya).
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| Reconstruction of Laccognathus panderi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Porolepiformes |
| Family: | †Holoptychiidae |
| Genus: | †Laccognathus |
| Species: | †L. panderi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Laccognathus panderi Gross, 1941 | |
L. panderi has been recovered from the Middle Devonian Gauja Formation and Late Devonian Amata Formation of Latvia,[1] the Kalmetumägi outcrop of Estonia,[1] and the Lower Frasnian stage rocks of the Kursk region in Russia in what appears to have been either a marine coastal region or a lagoon.[2]
References
- Vorobyeva, E.I. (2006). "A new species of Laccognathus (Porolepiform Crossopterygii) from the Devonian of Latvia". Paleontol. J. Physorg.com. 40 (3): 312–322. doi:10.1134/S0031030106030129.
- Moloshnikov, S.V. (2007). "Psammosteiforms (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Frasnian of the Mikhailovskii Mine, Kursk Region, Russia". Paleontol. J. 41 (5): 84–88. doi:10.1134/s0031030107050115.
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