Subphylum Vertebrata Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Species H. dalgleisiensis | |
Scientific name Heddleichthys dalgleisiensis Similar Jarvikina, Cabonnichthys, Tristichopterus, Platycephalichthys, Eusthenodon | ||
Heddleichthys is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (lobe-finned "fish"), from the end of the Devonian period (Famennian). It was discovered in Dura Den Formation, Scotland. Heddleichthys is a derived tristichopterid, the first from Britain.
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