Hamodus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Hamodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater lobe-finned fish from the Middle Devonian of eastern Europe.[1][2] It contains a single known species, H. lutkevitshi from the Givetian of Pskov Oblast (Russia), Latvia, Estonia (Burtnieki Formation) and Lithuania.[3][4] Remains are also known from the Eifelian of Severnaya Zemlya Island in Russia.[3]
| Hamodus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Porolepiformes |
| Family: | †Holoptychiidae |
| Genus: | †Hamodus Obruchev, 1933 |
| Species: | †H. lutkevitshi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hamodus lutkevitshi Obruchev, 1933 | |
