| 词条 | Metaxygnathus |
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| taxon = Metaxygnathus | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Famennian|Famennian|Famennian}} | authority = Campbell & Bell, 1977 | type_species = Metaxygnathus denticulus | type_species_authority = Campbell & Bell, 1977 }}{{Portal|Paleontology}}Metaxygnathus is an extinct genus of ichthyostegalian amphibian found in Late Devonian deposits of New South Wales, Australia .[1] It is known only from a lower jawbone. Previously thought to be a lobe-finned fish, it has now been reassigned to the earliest group of tetrapods.[2] References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s749716.htm |title=Four-legged fossil find in Asia rewrites history |publisher=ABC News |date=2002-12-19 |author=Danny Kingsley}} *Campbell, K.S.W. and M.W. Bell. 1977. "A primitive amphibian from the Late Devonian of New South Wales." Alcheringa 1: 369-382.2. ^{{cite journal |last=Clack |first=J.A. |author2=Ahlberg, P.E. |author3=Blom, H. |author4= Finney, S.M. |year=2012 |title=A new genus of Devonian tetrapod from North-East Greenland, with new information on the lower jaw of Ichthyostega |journal=Palaeontology |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=73–86 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01117.x }} External links
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