Synaptotylus

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Synaptotylus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Family: Laugiidae
Genus: Synaptotylus
Echols, 1963 [1]
Species:
S. newelli
Binomial name
Synaptotylus newelli
(Hibbard, 1933)

Synaptotylus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish from the Pennsylvanian. [1] The type species is Synaptotylus newelli (Hibbard 1933).

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References

  1. 1 2 H. -P. Schultze; J. D. Stewart; A. M. Neuner & R. W. Coldiron (1982). "Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History". University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publications.