Powichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Powichthys is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period. It was small in size, about 30 cm.[1] Prior to the discovery of P. spitsbergensis in 2004, the genus was known from a single type species, P. thorsteinssoni.[2]
| Powichthys Temporal range: | |
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| Lower jaw of P. thorsteinssoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dipnomorpha |
| Genus: | †Powichthys Jessen, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| P. thorsteinssoni Jessen, 1975 | |
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