Laccognathus

Laccognathus
Temporal range:
Middle to Late Devonian
Reconstruction of Laccognathus panderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: †Porolepimorpha
Order: †Porolepiformes
Family: †Holoptychiidae
Genus: †Laccognathus
Gross, 1941
Type species
†Laccognathus panderi
Gross, 1941
Species

See text.

Laccognathus is an extinct genus of amphibious lobe-finned fish from Europe and North America. They existed from the Middle Devonian to the Late Devonian (around 397.5 to 360 mya). The name comes from Greek for 'pitted jaw'.[1]

Description

Species of Laccognathus were characterized by the presence of three large pits (fossae) on the external surface of the lower jaw, which may have had sensory functions.[2] It is the origin of the genus name, from Greek λάκκος ('pit') and γνάθος ('jaw'). Laccognathus grew to approximately 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) in length. They had very short dorsoventrally flattened heads, less than one-fifth the length of the body. Like other sarcopterygians, their fins arise from pairs of fleshy lobes.[3]

The skeleton of Laccognathus was structured such that large areas of the skin were stretched out over solid plates of bone. This bone was composed of particularly dense fibers—so dense that cutaneous respiration (exchange of oxygen through the skin) was not a likely trait exhibited by Laccognathus. Rather, the dense ossifications may have served to retain water inside the body as Laccognathus traveled on land between bodies of water.[4]

Taxonomy

Laccognathus are classified under the family Holoptychiidae in the extinct order Porolepiformes.[5] They are not direct ancestors of tetrapods like the clade Tetrapodomorpha, but instead belong to the clade Dipnomorpha. Their closest living relatives are the members of the subclass Dipnoi (lungfish).[6][7]

Species

The following are the species classified under Laccognathus. A fourth undescribed species recovered from the Middle Devonian of Latvia may exist.[3]

Recovered from the Middle Devonian and Late Devonian formations of various parts of eastern Europe.[3][8]
Recovered from the Middle Devonian Gauja Formation of Latvia.
Recovered from Late Devonian Fram Formation of Ellesmere Island, Canada, the same locality from which Tiktaalik was found.[1]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b Dell'Amore, C. (September 12, 2011). "Ancient Toothy Fish Found in Arctic—Giant Prowled Rivers". National Geographic Daily News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Tom Avril (September 12, 2011). "Fish fossil sheds light on 'Euramerica' phase". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Vorobyeva, E.I. (2006). "A new species of Laccognathus (Porolepiform Crossopterygii) from the Devonian of Latvia". Paleontol. J. 40 (3). Physorg.com: 312–322. doi:10.1134/S0031030106030129. S2CID 129696592.
  4. ^ Downs, J.; Daeschler, E.; Jenkins, F. Jr. & Shubin, N. (2011). "A New Species of Laccognathus (Sarcopterygii, Porolepiformes) from the Late Devonian of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 981–996. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..981D. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.599462. S2CID 140604758.
  5. ^ Witzmann, F. (2009). "Comparative histology of sculptured dermal bones in basal tetrapods, and the implications for the soft tissue dermis" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 2: 233–270.
  6. ^ Dennis C. Murphy. "More About Lobe-Fins: Sarcopterygii". Devonian Times. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Stiassny, M.; Parenti, L. & Johnson, G.D. (1996). Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press. p. 466. ISBN 978-0-08-053492-3.
  8. ^ Moloshnikov, S.V. (2007). "Psammosteiforms (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Frasnian of the Mikhailovskii Mine, Kursk Region, Russia". Paleontol. J. 41 (5): 84–88. doi:10.1134/s0031030107050115. S2CID 129281500.

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