Notorhizodon

Notorhizodon
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Notorhizodon
Young et al., 1992
Species:
N. mackelveyi
Binomial name
Notorhizodon mackelveyi
Young et al., 1992

Notorhizodon is an extinct genus of tristichopterid tetrapodomorphs which lived during the Devonian period (Givetian stage, about 385 - 391 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Antarctica and described by Young et al. in 1992.[1] Notorhizodon probably lived in freshwaters.

  1. ^ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans A. (2017-01-04). Morphology, Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Osteolepiform Fish. John Wiley & Sons. p. 456. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.

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