Scaumenacia

fossil lungfish genus

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evolution of lungfish

  • African lungfish
    In lungfish: Evolution

    Scaumenacia and Phaneropleuron, common forms in the Late Devonian (about 382.7 million to 358.9 million years ago), exhibited a much-reduced first dorsal fin (the first fin forward on the back); the second dorsal fin was enlarged and had shifted further toward the tail. Lungfish of…

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