†Letognathus Brazeau 2005 (lobe-finned fish)
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Full reference: M. D. Brazeau. 2005. A new genus of rhizodontid (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Lower Carboniferous Horton Bluff Formation of Nova Scotia, and the evolution of the lower jaws in this group. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:1481-1499
Parent taxon: Rhizodontida according to M. D. Brazeau 2005
Sister taxa: Archichthys, Barameda, Sauripteridae
Subtaxa: Letognathus hardingi
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Horton Bluff beach (Carboniferous of Nova Scotia)
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