Platycephalichthys

{{short description|Genus of Sarcopterygii (fish)}}

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| fossil_range = Upper Givetian

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| image_caption = Platycephalichthys in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona

| taxon = Platycephalichthys

| authority = Vorobyeva, 1962

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • {{extinct}}P. bischoffi Vorobyeva, 1962 (type)
  • {{extinct}}P. skuenicus Vorobyeva, 1977
  • {{extinct}}P. rohoni Vorobyeva, 1959

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Platycephalichthys is a genus of tristichopterid lobe-finned fish which lived during the Upper Devonian, Frasnian stage.

Image:Platycephalichthys bischoffi.jpg

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Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:{{cite journal | last = Swartz | first = B. | year = 2012 | title = A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America | journal = PLOS ONE | pmid = 22448265 | volume = 7 | issue = 3 | pmc = 3308997 | pages = e33683 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0033683 | bibcode = 2012PLoSO...733683S | doi-access = free }}

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|1=Canowindridae

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|1=Megalichthyiformes

|label2=Eotetrapodiformes

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|1=Tristichopteridae

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|1=Tinirau

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|1=Platycephalichthys

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See also

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References

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Category:Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera

Category:Eotetrapodiformes

Category:Devonian bony fish

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