Strepsodus Temporal range:
Carboniferous
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Genus: | Strepsodus
Huxley, 1865
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†Strepsodus sauroides Binney, 1841
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Strepsodus is a genus of rhizodont lobe-finned fish that lived throughout the Carboniferous period. Fossils have been found in eastern Canada, Britain ( England and Scotland), and Queensland, Australia; indeterminate species of Strepsodus have also been found in the late Devonian deposits of Turkey, Iran and Colombia. [1] [2] A large individual is measured up to 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) long. [2]