Uranolophina is a small
order
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of
prehistoric
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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
Devonian period.
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
Uranolophidae is an extinct family of prehistoric lungfishes which lived during the Late Devonian period. Fossils have been found in North America.
Phylogeny
* Sarcopterygii (Class)
** Dipnoi (Subclass)
*** Uranolophina (Order)
**** Uranoloph ...
(Family)
References
Prehistoric lungfish
Prehistoric fish orders
Devonian bony fish
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