Eusthenopteron is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish known from several species that lived during the Late Devonian period, about 385 million years ago. It has attained an iconic
Tristichopterids were a diverse and successful group of fish-like tetrapodomorphs living throughout the Middle and Late Devonian. They first appeared in the Eifelian stage of the Middle Devonian. With
Eusthenopteron
…described from other parts of Canada and northern Europe, indicating that this genus had a wide distribution. Eusthenopteron is placed in the family Tristichopteridae, which has also been alternatively named Eusthenopteridae after this genus. It is related to genera such as Tristichopterus and Eusthenodon. Eusthenopteron…
Platycephalichthys teeth detail
Comparisons of the skulls of three members of the Tristichopteridae: A, B, C, Edenopteron; D, Eusthenodon, E. Cabonnichthys; F, Mandageria.