Mandageria

Mandageria Temporal range: Late Devonian
Life restoration of Mandageria fairfaxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Osteichthyes
Subclass:	Sarcopterygii
Superorder:	Crossopterygii
Order:	Osteolepiforms
Family:	Tristichopteridae
Genus:	Mandageria
Species:	M. fairfaxi
Binomial name
Mandageria fairfaxi Johanson & Ahlberg, 1997

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Mandageria (Pronunciation: Man-daj-ee-ree-a fair-fax-i) is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish. Mandageria lived in the Late Devonian period (Frasnian – Famennian). It is in related group with Hyneria, however, Mandageria was smaller, but probably it hunted with the same way.

Mandageria named after the philanthropist James Fairfax, and the Mandagery Sandstone formation in which the fossils were found.

Description

Mandageria was large fish (about 1,5 to 2 metres in length). Is the top predator were found in Canowindra site, Australia. Mandageria has long torpedo-shaped body and large tail fins. Also, have large pectoral fins which had helped it manoeuvre around the submerged logs when preparing to attack its prey.

External links

• Mandageria at Palaeos
• Review of Mandageria
• The braincase and palate of Mandageria fairfaxi
• The fossil skull of Mandageria
• Reconstruction of Mandageria

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