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OBRUCHEVICHTHYS
(o-bru-chev-ik-thees)
Named By: Ahlberg
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: Latvia
Size: Exact length unknown
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Partial jaw fragment
Classification: | Chordata | Tetrapoda | Amphibia | Ichthyostegalia | Elginerpetontidae |
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Obruchevichthys is an extinct genus of tetrapod from Latvia during the Late Devonian. When the jawbone, the only known fossil of this creature, was uncovered in Latvia, it was mistaken as a lobe-fin fish. However, when it was analyzed, it proved to hold many similarities to Elginerpeton, from Scotland. It was then declared belonging to the earliest group of tetrapods.

Read more about Obruchevichthys at Wikipedia
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