Harajicadectes Choo et al. 2023 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapodomorpha

Full reference: B. Choo, T. Holland, A. M. Clement, B. King, T. Challands, G. Young, and J. A. Long. 2023. A new stem-tetrapod fish from the Middle–Late Devonian of central Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(3)

Parent taxon: Tetrapodomorpha according to B. Choo et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Cricodus, Densignathus, Elginerpetidae, Elginerpetontidae, Elpistostegalia, Eotetrapodiformes, Gogonasus, Hynerpeton, Ichthyostegidae, Jakubsonia, Kenichthys, Livoniana, Metaxygnathus, Sinostega, Spodichthys, Tetrapoda, Tulerpetidae, Tungsenia, Ventastega

Subtaxa: Harajicadectes zhumini

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 6 of Young 1985, Amadeus Basin ( of Australia)

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