Persephonichthys

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Persephonichthys
Temporal range: Early Permian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Genus: Persephonichthys
Species:
P. chthonica
Binomial name
Persephonichthys chthonica
Pardo et. al., 2014

Persephonichthys is an extinct genus of dipnoan that lived during the Cisuralian epoch.

Distribution

Persephonichthys chthonica is known from Nebraska. [1]

References

  1. Pardo, Jason D.; Huttenlocker, Adam K.; Small, Bryan J. (29 September 2014). Wilf, Peter (ed.). "An Exceptionally Preserved Transitional Lungfish from the Lower Permian of Nebraska, USA, and the Origin of Modern Lungfishes". PLoS ONE . 9 (9): e108542. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j8542P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108542 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4180466 . PMID   25265394.