Laccognathus panderi

Laccognathus panderi is an extinct lobe-finned fish from northern Europe. They existed from the Middle Devonian to the Late Devonian (around 397.5 to 360 mya).

Laccognathus panderi Temporal range: Middle to Late Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of Laccognathus panderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Porolepiformes
Family:	†Holoptychiidae
Genus:	†Laccognathus
Species:	†L. panderi
Binomial name
†Laccognathus panderi Gross, 1941

L. panderi has been recovered from the Middle Devonian Gauja Formation and Late Devonian Amata Formation of Latvia,[1] the Kalmetumägi outcrop of Estonia,[1] and the Lower Frasnian stage rocks of the Kursk region in Russia in what appears to have been either a marine coastal region or a lagoon.[2]

See also

• Sarcopterygii
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Vorobyeva, E.I. (2006). "A new species of Laccognathus (Porolepiform Crossopterygii) from the Devonian of Latvia". Paleontol. J. Physorg.com. 40 (3): 312–322. doi:10.1134/S0031030106030129.
2. Moloshnikov, S.V. (2007). "Psammosteiforms (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Frasnian of the Mikhailovskii Mine, Kursk Region, Russia". Paleontol. J. 41 (5): 84–88. doi:10.1134/s0031030107050115.