Langlieria

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Langlieria
Temporal range: Devonian (Famennian)
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Partial dentary, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Langlieria
Clément et al., 2009
Type species
Langlieria socqueti
Clément et al., 2009 [1]
Species
  • L. socquetiClément et al., 2009
  • L. radiatusDaeschler et al., 2019 [2]

Langlieria is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (lobe-finned "fish"), from the end of the Devonian period (Famennian). It was discovered in Belgium and Pennsylvania.

References

  1. Clément, G; Snitting, D; Ahlberg, PE (Jul 2009). "A new Tristichopterid (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Evieux Formation (Upper Devonian) of Belgium". Palaeontology. 52 (4): 823–836. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00876.x .
  2. Daeschler, EB; Downs, JP; Matzko, C (May 2019). "New material supports a description and taxonomic revision of Holoptychius ? radiatus (Sarcopterygii, Tristichopteridae) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in Pennsylvania, USA". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 167: 11–25. doi:10.1635/053.167.0102.