Metaxygnathus
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia.[1] It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapodomorphs.[2]
| Metaxygnathus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Elpistostegalia |
| Genus: | †Metaxygnathus Campbell & Bell, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| †Metaxygnathus denticulus Campbell & Bell, 1977 | |
