Tristichopteridae
family of tetrapodomorphs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tristichopteridae is a family of tetrapodomorphs from the Middle and Late Devonian. Some of them share some of the features of the elpistostegalians. The most well-known is probably Eusthenopteron.
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Tristichopteridae | |
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Teeth of Platycephalichthys, in CosmoCaixa Barcelona | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
Family: | †Tristichopteridae Cope, 1889 |
Genera | |
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A classic notion is that Eusthenopteron was able to crawl onto land using its fins. However, no evidence believes this and is believed by many to be false.