Heddleichthys
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Heddleichthys is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (lobe-finned "fish"), from the end of the Devonian period (Famennian). It was discovered in Dura Den Formation, Scotland. Heddleichthys is a derived tristichopterid, the first from Britain.
| Heddleichthys | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
| Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
| Genus: | †Heddleichthys Snitting, 2009 |
| Species: | †H. dalgleisiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Heddleichthys dalgleisiensis (Anderson, 1859)[1] | |
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