Glyptopomus
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Glyptopomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish, known from the Late Devonian of Europe and potentially eastern North America.[1][2] It is considered an early tetrapodomorph in the Osteolepiformes.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Osteolepidida |
| Order: | †Osteolepiformes |
| Family: | †Osteolepididae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptopominae |
| Genus: | †Glyptopomus Agassiz, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| †Glyptopomus minor Agassiz, 1844 | |
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The following species are known:[1][4]
- †G. bystrowi (Gross, 1941) - Famennian of Latvia (Ketleri Formation) and Oryol Oblast, Russia (=Panderichthys bystrowi Gross, 1941)[1]
- †G. elginensis Jarvik, 1950 - Famennian of Scotland (Rosebrae Beds of the Old Red Sandstone)
- †G. kinnairdi (Huxley, 1859) - Famennian of Scotland (Old Red Sandstone)
- †G. minor Agassiz, 1844 (type species) - Famennian of Scotland (Old Red Sandstone)
- †G. sayrei Newberry, 1878 - Famennian of Pennsylvania, US (Catskill Formation)
