Mandageria
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mandageria fairfaxi (Pronunciation: Man-daj-ee-ree-a fair-fax-i) is an extinct lobe-finned fish[1] that lived during the Late Devonian period (Frasnian – Famennian). It is related to the much larger Hyneria; although Mandageria was smaller, it probably hunted in the same way.
Quick Facts Mandageria Temporal range: Late Devonian, Scientific classification ...
Mandageria Temporal range: Late Devonian | |
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Skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
Genus: | †Mandageria Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997 |
Species: | †M. fairfaxi |
Binomial name | |
†Mandageria fairfaxi Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997 | |
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The generic epithet, Mandageria, refers to the Mandagery Sandstone, outcropping near Canowindra, Australia, where the fossils were found. The specific epithet, fairfaxi, honors the philanthropist James Fairfax. M. fairfaxi is the state fossil emblem for New South Wales.[2]