-
species is
about 377
million years ago (Mya), the
latest around 310 Mya.
Rhizodonts lived in
tropical rivers and
freshwater lakes and were the
dominant predators...
- to rivers.
Sarcopterygian fish were also prominent, and one group, the
Rhizodonts,
reached very
large size. Most
species of
Carboniferous marine fish have...
- synapsids, parareptiles, cotylosaurs,
protorothyridids and diapsids.
Rhizodonts remained common before they died out by the end of the period.
First sharks...
-
Sauripterus ("lizard wing") is a
genus of
rhizodont lobe-finned fish that
lived during the
Devonian period. This
genus was
described by J. Hall after...
-
Strepsodus is a
genus of
rhizodont lobe-finned fish that
lived throughout the
Carboniferous period.
Fossils have been
found in
eastern Canada, Britain...
- have been
proposed as the
nearest relatives of tetrapods,
among them the
rhizodonts (notably Sauripterus), the osteolepidids, the
tristichopterids (notably...
-
Letognathus is a
genus of
rhizodont tetrapodomorph that
lived during the
Carboniferous period. Its
remains come from the Blue
Beach Member of the Horton...
-
Barameda (Indigenous
Australian language: "fish trap") is a
genus of
rhizodont lobe-finned
fishes which lived during the
Tournaisian stage near the start...
- The most
notable characteristics of Rhizodus,
compared to
other giant rhizodonts such as Barameda, were the two 22-centimetre (8.7 in)
fangs located near...
-
hears of the
Rhizodont, an
ancient freshwater predator the size of a
killer whale. To
attain a
sense of the
monstrosity of the
Rhizodont,
Jeremy visits...
