-
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...
- 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...
- have been
proposed as the
nearest relatives of tetrapods,
among them the
rhizodonts (notably Sauripterus), the osteolepidids, the
tristichopterids (notably...
-
important structures."p. 638. Digit-like
radials are also
known in the
rhizodont fish Sauripterus,
though this is
likely a case of
convergent evolution...
- This
episode explores prehistoric sharks and
their relatives.
Animals rhizodont Stethacanthus Falcatus Cretoxyrhina mosasaurs megalodon 6 "Valley of Venom"...
-
genus of
prehistoric lobe-finned fish
which belonged to the
group of
rhizodont fishes.
Gooloogongia lived during the Late
Devonian period (Famennian...
- onto dry land. The
first tetrapodomorphs,
which included the
gigantic rhizodonts, had the same
general anatomy as the lungfish, who were
their closest...
-
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...
