Mandageria
| Mandageria Temporal range:
Late Devonian | |
|---|---|
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| Skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
| Family: | †Tristichopteridae |
| Genus: | †Mandageria Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997 |
| Species: | †M. fairfaxi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mandageria fairfaxi Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997
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Mandageria fairfaxi (Pronunciation: Man-daj-ee-ree-a fair-fax-i) is an
; although Mandageria was smaller, it probably hunted in the same way.The generic epithet, Mandageria, refers to the
philanthropist James Fairfax. M. fairfaxi is the state fossil emblem for New South Wales.[2]
Description
Mandageria was a large predator about 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) long.seahorses being other exceptions.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Age of Fishes Museum, Canowindra
- ^ "NSW State Flag & Emblems". NSW Government. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- S2CID 204251345.
- .