Ectosteorhachis Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Philippe Janvier . Gaël Clément . Richard Cloutier . 2007 . A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications . Geodiversitas . 29 . 2 . 249–268 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131114014842/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/10536_g07n2a2.pdf . 2013-11-14 .
  2. 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 . 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.002. 2012Geobi..45..241W .