Back سمكة باندر Arabic Panderichthys Czech Panderichthys German Panderichthys Spanish پاندرماهیان Persian Panderichthys French パンデリクティス Japanese 판데리크티스 Korean Panderichthys Dutch Panderichtys Polish
| Panderichthys Temporal range: Late Devonian,
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Skull cast, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Lille | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Elpistostegalia |
| Family: | †Panderichthyidae Vorobyeva, 1968 |
| Genus: | †Panderichthys Gross, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| †Panderichthys rhombolepis Gross, 1941
| |
| Species | |
| |
Panderichthys is a genus of extinct sarcopterygian (lobe-finned fish) from the late Devonian period, about 380 Mya. Panderichthys, which was recovered from Frasnian (early Late Devonian) deposits in Latvia, is represented by two species. P. stolbovi is known only from some snout fragments and an incomplete lower jaw. P. rhombolepis is known from several more complete specimens. Although it probably belongs to a sister group of the earliest tetrapods, Panderichthys exhibits a range of features transitional between tristichopterid lobe-fin fishes (e.g., Eusthenopteron) and early tetrapods.[1] It is named after the German-Baltic paleontologist Christian Heinrich Pander. Possible tetrapod tracks dating back to before the appearance of Panderichthys in the fossil record were reported in 2010, which suggests that Panderichthys is not a direct ancestor of tetrapods, but nonetheless shows the traits that evolved during the fish-tetrapod evolution [2]
- ^ Murphy, Dennis C. "Panderichthys spp". Devonian Times. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Niedzwiedzkiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).