Kingdom Animalia Order "Ichthyostegalia" Rank Genus | Subclass "Labyrinthodontia" Phylum Chordata | |
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Class "Amphibia" (wide sense) Similar Elginerpeton, Ventastega, Obruchevichthys, Tulerpeton, Hynerpeton | ||
Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian amphibian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia . It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapods.
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