Sorbitorhynchus

Sorbitorhynchus
Temporal range: Early Devonian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Family: †Chirodipteridae
Genus: †Sorbitorhynchus
Wang, Drapala, Barwick & Campbell in Campbell & Barwick, 1990

Sorbitorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians, or lobe-finned fish. Fossils of this genus of marine lungfish have been found in Guangxi, China. [1] The only described species in this genus is Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus,[2] but the holotype for this species may show some unusual malformations and thus not be useful for taxonomic or phylogenetic analysis.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Campbell, K. S. W.; Barwick, R. E. (1990). "Paleozoic dipnoan phylogeny: functional complexes and evolution without parsimony". Paleobiology. 16 (2): 143–169. doi:10.1017/S0094837300009854.
  2. ^ Shitao, W.; Drapla, V. D.; Barwick, R. E.; Campbell, K. S. W. (1993). "The dipnoan species, Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus , from the Lower Devonian of Guangxi, China". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 340 (1291): 1–24. doi:10.1098/rstb.1993.0045.
  3. ^ Kemp, A. (1995). "Possible pathology in the snout and lower jaw of the Chinese Devonian lungfish, Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (4): 453–458. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011571.


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