Large Tristichopteridae (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Late Famennian Evieux Formation of Belgium

Remains of two large sarcopterygians are described from Famennian deposits in Belgium. One of them is referred to Eusthenodon wängsjöi Jarvik; it is the first occurrence of this genus in Belgium. The other, much larger one, appears to be a tristichopterid. It has a postspiracular; size and shape of the mandible similar to those of Platycephalichthys skuenicus and P. bischoffi ; snout and cheek patterns close to those of Eusthenodon ; unusual shape of the supratemporal resembling that of Hyneria , Mandageria and Platycephalichthys skuenicus ; and tooth histology quite similar to that of Eusthen... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Clement, Gaël
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Reihe/Periodikum: Palaeontology ; volume 45, issue 3, page 577-593 ; ISSN 0031-0239 1475-4983
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wiley
Schlagwörter: Paleontology / Ecology / Evolution / Behavior and Systematics
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26607039
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4983.00250

Remains of two large sarcopterygians are described from Famennian deposits in Belgium. One of them is referred to Eusthenodon wängsjöi Jarvik; it is the first occurrence of this genus in Belgium. The other, much larger one, appears to be a tristichopterid. It has a postspiracular; size and shape of the mandible similar to those of Platycephalichthys skuenicus and P. bischoffi ; snout and cheek patterns close to those of Eusthenodon ; unusual shape of the supratemporal resembling that of Hyneria , Mandageria and Platycephalichthys skuenicus ; and tooth histology quite similar to that of Eusthenodon and Platycephalichthys .