Rhinodipterus

Rhinodipterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Dipnoi
Genus:	†Rhinodipterus; Gross, 1956

Rhinodipterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric dipnoan sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish, that lived in the Devonian Period, between 416 and 359 million years ago. It is believed to have inhabited shallow, salt-water reefs,^[1] and is one of the earliest known examples of marine lungfish. Research based on an exceptionally well-preserved specimen from the Gogo Formation of Australia^[2] has shown that Rhinodipterus has cranial ribs attached to its braincase and was probably adapted for air-breathing to some degree as living lungfish are.^[3] This could be the only case known for a marine lungfish with air-breathing adaptations.^[4]

References

^ "375 million year old fossil found". 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
^ Long & Trinajstic 2010
^ Clement, A. M.; Long, J. A.; Tafforeau, P.; Ahlberg, P. E. (2016-02-11). "The dipnoan buccal pump reconstructed in 3D and implications for air breathing in Devonian lungfishes". Paleobiology. 42 (2): 289–304. Bibcode:2016Pbio...42..289C. doi:10.1017/pab.2015.41. S2CID 87484464.
^ "Air-breathing adaptation in a marine Devonian lungfish". 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-03-01.

Clement, A. & Long, J.A. 2010. Air-breathing adaptation in a marine Devonian lungfish. Biology Letters 6: 509–512.
Long, J.A. & Trinajstic, K. 2010. The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lagerstatte –Exceptional preservation and Diversity in early Vertebrates. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 38: 665-680