Xeradipterus
Name:
Xeradipterus.
Phonetic: Ze-rah-dip-teh-rus.
Named By: A. M. Clement & J. A.
Long - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Sarcopterygii,
Dipteriformes, Holodontidae.
Species: X. hatcheri (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly between 45 and 60 centimetres
long.
Known locations: Australia - Gogo Formation.
Time period: Devonian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Xeradipterus is a genus of lungfish known to have lived in Australia during the Devonian. The jaw structure and dentition of Xeradipterus shows that the fish had a very powerful crushing bite.
Further reading
- Xeradipterus hatcheri, a New Dipnoan from the
Late Devonian
(Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia, and Other New
Holodontid Material. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
30(3):681-695. - A. M. Clement & J. A. Long
- 2010.
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