''Archichthys'' is a
genus
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of
rhizodont
Rhizodontida is an extinct group of predatory tetrapodomorphs known from many areas of the world from the Givetian through to the Pennsylvanian Pennsylvanian may refer to:
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The ...
[J. E. Jeffery. 2006. The Carboniferous fish genera Strepsodus and Archichthys (Sarcopterygii: Rhizodontida): clarifying 150 years of confusion. Palaeontology 49(1):113-132] lobe-finned fish
Sarcopterygii (; ) — sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii () — is a taxon (traditionally a class or subclass) of the bony fishes known as the lobe-finned fishes. The group Tetrapoda, a mostly terrestrial superclass includi ...
that lived during the
Carboniferous period. Holotype of this fish was found in
Northumberland
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,
UK.
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Fossil specimen: NEWHM NEWHM: G59.64 d – Holotype
Carboniferous bony fish
Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
Rhizodonts
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