Sorbitorhynchus Temporal range: Early Devonian[1]
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Scientific 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]