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Canowindridae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Sarcopterygii

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Chordata

Clade
  
Tetrapodomorpha

Canowindridae

Similar
  
Megalichthyidae, Platycephalichthys, Jarvikina, Osteolepidae, Tristichopteridae

The Canowindridae are a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Devonian period (Famennian stage, about 374 to 359 million years ago). Fossils of fishes that belonged to this family have been found in Australia, Antarctica, and Europe.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012.

References

Canowindridae Wikipedia