Gnathorhiza

Gnathorhiza
Restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Gnathorhizidae
Genus: Gnathorhiza
Cope, 1883
Type species
Gnathorhiza serrata
Cope, 1883
Species
  • G. pusilla Cope, (1877)
  • G. serrata Cope, 1883
  • G. dikeloda Olson, 1951
  • G. noblensis Olson & Daly, 1972
  • G. bothrotreta Berman, 1976
  • G. bogdensis Minkh, 1977
  • G. lozovskii Minikh, 1977
  • G. otschevi Minikh, 1977
  • G. triassica Minikh, 1977
  • G. tatarica Minikh, 1989

Gnathorhiza is an extinct genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish (lungfish) which lived from the Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. It is the only known lungfish genus to have crossed the Permo-Triassic boundary. Several species have been described, ranging in size from 5 to 50 centimeters.