Griphognathus Gross 1956 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Holodontidae

Full reference: W. Gross. 1956. Über Crossopterygier und Dipnoer aus dem baltischen Oberdevon im Zusammenhang einer vergleichenden Untersuchung des Porenkanalsystems paläozoischer Agnathen und Fische. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 5:1-140

Parent taxon: Holodontidae according to J. A. Long 2010

See also Campbell and Barwick 1990, Miles 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asthenorhynchus, Holodipterus, Iowadipterus, Robinsondipterus, Xeradipterus

Subtaxa: Griphognathus minutidens Griphognathus sculpta Griphognathus whitei

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), Germany (1), Latvia (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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