Westollrhynchus

Name: Westollrhynchus.
Phonetic: West-oll-rin-kus.
Named By: Hans-Peter Schultze‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.
Synonyms: Dipnorhynchus lehmanni.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Gnathostomata,‭ ‬Osteichthyes,‭ ‬Sarcopterygii.
Species: W.‭ ‬lehmanni.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Germany.
Time period: Lower Devonian.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.

       Originally listed as a species of Dipnorhynchus,‭ ‬Westollrhynchus was described as a distinct genus of sarcopterygiian fish in‭ ‬2001.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A Primitive Dipnoan Fish from the Lower Devonian of Germany.‭ ‬-‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Lehmann‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Westoll‭ ‬-‭ ‬1952.
-‭ ‬Melanognathus,‭ ‬a Primitive Dipnoan from the Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic and the Interrelationships of Devonian Dipnoans.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬21‭(‬4‭)‬:781-794.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hans-Peter Schultze‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

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