Bukkanodus jesseni is a species of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Early Devonian period (Pragian stage, about 407 to 411 million years ago). B. jesseni was first described in 2007 by paleontologist Zerina Johanson in the Journal of Paleontology from specimens found in the Fairy Formation of Victoria, Australia.[1]
| Bukkanodus Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Order: | †Onychodontiformes |
| Genus: | †Bukkanodus Johanson et al., 2007 |
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| †B. jesseni Johanson et al., 2007
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A new phylogenetic analysis of sarcopterygians placed Bukkanodus outside of the Onychodontiformes as a stem-actinistan basal to the Onychodontiformes+Coelacanthiformes clade.[2]
References
edit- ^ Johanson, Zerina; et al. (September 2007). "New Onychodontiform (Osteichthyes; Sarcopterygii) from the Lower Devonian of Victoria, Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (5): 1031–1043. Bibcode:2007JPal...81.1031J. doi:10.1666/pleo05-023.1. S2CID 129852680.
- ^ Lu, J., et al. 2016. A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into the early evolution of modern sarcopterygians. Science Advances, vol. 2, no. 6, e1600154, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600154
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