Uranolophidae is an extinct

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

prehistoric Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

lungfish Lungfish are freshwater vertebrates belonging to the order Dipnoi. Lungfish are best known for retaining ancestral characteristics within the Osteichthyes, including the ability to breathe air, and ancestral structures within Sarcopterygii, i ...

es which lived during the

Late Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, wher ...

period. Fossils have been found in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

Phylogeny

* Sarcopterygii (Class) **

Dipnoi Lungfish are freshwater vertebrates belonging to the order Dipnoi. Lungfish are best known for retaining ancestral characteristics within the Osteichthyes, including the ability to breathe air, and ancestral structures within Sarcopterygii, i ...

(Subclass) *** Uranolophina (Order) **** Uranolophidae (Family) ***** ''

Uranolophus ''Uranolophus'' is a genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Late Devonian period. It is the type genus of the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or ...

'' (Genus) ***** '' Melanognathus'' (Genus)

References

Prehistoric lungfish Prehistoric lobe-finned fish families Late Devonian fish Late Devonian animals Devonian bony fish Devonian fish of North America Late Devonian first appearances Late Devonian extinctions {{paleo-lobefinned-fish-stub