| Ectosteorhachis Temporal range:
Cisuralian
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | † Megalichthyiformes |
| Family: | † Megalichthyidae |
| Genus: | †
Ectosteorhachis Cope, 1880 |
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†Ectosteorhachis nitidus Cope, 1880
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Ectosteorhachis is an extinct genus of megalichthyid tetrapodomorphs that lived during the Permian period ( Cisuralian epoch, about 299 to 272 million years ago). [1] [2] Ectosteorhachis lived in freshwater environments.
References
- ^ Philippe Janvier; Gaël Clément; Richard Cloutier (2007). "A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 29 (2): 249–268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-14.
- ^ Florian Witzmann; Rainer R. Schoch (2012). "A megalichthyid sarcopterygian fish from the Lower Permian (Autunian) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany". Geobios. 45 (2): 241–248. Bibcode: 2012Geobi..45..241W. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.002.
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