Devonosteus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Devonosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish known from the Late Devonian.[1] It contains a single species, D. proteus from the late Frasnian of Wildungen, Germany.[2][3] It has sometimes been considered a lungfish of the family Holodontidae, but this remains uncertain as the original specimen may be lost.[4][5] Alternatively, it may be a tristichopterid, a type of basal tetrapodomorph.[6]
| Devonosteus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
| Genus: | †Devonosteus Jaekel, 1927 |
| Species: | †D. proteus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Devonosteus proteus Jaekel, 1927 | |
