Canowindra (fish)

Canowindra Temporal range: Late Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Order:	Osteolepiformes
Family:	Canowindridae
Genus:	Canowindra

Canowindra is a prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Late Devonian period (about 374 to 359 million years ago). The genus is known from only a single well preserved specimen, dubbed Canowindra grossi, after Professor Walter Gross, who spent his career studying lobe-finned fish, and after the Australian town in which it was found, Canowindra. Canowindra grossi was apparently comparatively small in size (about 50 cm) and belongs to the family of Canowindridae.

External links

http://www.ageoffishes.org.au/fishes/canowind.htm

Osteolepiformes

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sarcopterygii Subclass: Tetrapodomorpha

Canowindridae	Canowindra ?Gyroptychius Koharolepis

Elpistostegidae	Elpistostege

Megalichthyidae	Cladarosymblema Ectosteorhachis Mahalalepis Megalichthys Megapomus Megistolepis

Osteolepidae	Beelarongia Osteolepis

Tristichopteridae	Cabonnichthys Canningius Edenopteron Eusthenodon Eusthenopteron Heddleichthys Hyneria Jarvikina Langlieria Mandageria Notorhizodon Platycephalichthys Tristichopterus

Other genera	Marsdenichthys

Related categories	Devonian fish Carboniferous fish Sarcopterygii

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