Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Order †Onychodontiformes Scientific name Bukkanodus jesseni | Phylum Chordata Class Sarcopterygii Species †B. jesseni Rank Genus | |
Similar Grossius, Qingmenodus, Strunius, Onychodontida, Onychodus | ||
Bukkanodus jesseni is a species of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Early Devonian period (Pragian stage, about 407 to 411 million years ago). B. jesseni was first described in 2007 by paleontologist Zerina Johanson in the Journal of Paleontology from specimens found in Victoria, Australia.
A new phylogenetic analysis of sarcopterygians placed Bukkanodus outside of the Onychodontiformes as a stem-actinistan basal to the Onychodontiformes+Coelacanthiformes clade.
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