Dipterus
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| Dipterus Fossil range: Mid to Late Devonian |
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Dipterus ('two wings') is an extinct genus of lungfish from the Devonian period. It was about 35 cm (1 ft 2 in) long.
Like its ancestor Dipnorhynchus, Dipterus had tooth-like plates on its pallet instead of real teeth. It ate mostly invertebrates, and had lungs, not an air bladder. These were more developed in Dipterus and are still seen in modern day lungfish. Unlike its modern relatives, in which the dorsal, caudal and anal fin are fused into one, Dipterus's fins were still separated.
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