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Heddleichthys Temporal range: Devonian (Famennian) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Family: | Tristichopteridae |
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Heddleichthys Snitting, 2009 |
| Species: | H. dalgleisiensis |
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Heddleichthys dalgleisiensis (Anderson, 1859) |
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Heddleichthys is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (lobe-finned "fish"), from the end of the Devonian period (Famennian). It was discovered in Dura Den Formation, Scotland. Heddleichthys is a derived tristichopterid, the first from Britain.