Strepsodus

Strepsodus; Temporal range: Carboniferous
	Tooth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Class:	† Rhizodontida
Order:	† Rhizodontiformes
Family:	† Rhizodontidae
Genus:	† Strepsodus ; Huxley, 1865
Type species
	†Strepsodus sauroides; Binney, 1841

Last updated March 31, 2025

Strepsodus is a genus of rhizodont lobe-finned fish that lived throughout the Carboniferous period. Fossils have been found in eastern Canada, Britain (England and Scotland), and Queensland, Australia; indeterminate species of Strepsodus have also been found in the late Devonian deposits of Turkey, Iran and Colombia.^[1]^[2] A large individual is measured up to 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) long.^[2]

References

↑ Johanson Z.; Turner S.; Warren A. (2000). "First East Gondwanan record of Strepsodus (Sarcopterygii, Rhizodontida) from the Lower Carboniferous Ducabrook Formation, central Queensland, Australia" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 22 (2): 161–169.
1 2 Jeffery, Jonathan E. (2006). "The Carboniferous fish genera Strepsodus and Archichthys (Sarcopterygii: Rhizodontida): Clarifying 150 years of confusion". Palaeontology. 49 (1): 113–132. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00531.x .

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[1] Johanson Z.; Turner S.; Warren A. (2000). "First East Gondwanan record of Strepsodus (Sarcopterygii, Rhizodontida) from the Lower Carboniferous Ducabrook Formation, central Queensland, Australia" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 22 (2): 161–169.

[J06-2] 1 2 Jeffery, Jonathan E. (2006). "The Carboniferous fish genera Strepsodus and Archichthys (Sarcopterygii: Rhizodontida): Clarifying 150 years of confusion". Palaeontology. 49 (1): 113–132. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00531.x .

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