Cabonnichthys

Cabonnichthys
Temporal range: Late Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Subclass: Sarcopterygii
Superorder: Crossopterygii
Order: Osteolepiformes
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Cabonnichthys
Species: C. burnsi
Binomial name
Cabonnichthys burnsi
Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997

Cabonnichthys ("Burns' Cabonne fish") is an extinct genus of Tristichopterid fish that lived in the Late Devonian period (Famennian) of Australia. It has been found in Canowindra and is a medium-sized carnivorous lobe-finned fish.[1]

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