Hyneria
Sign in to saveHyneria is a genus of large prehistoric predatory lobe-finned fish which lived in fresh water during the Famennian stage of the Devonian period.
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Hyneria is a genus of large prehistoric predatory lobe-finned fish which lived in fresh water during the Famennian stage of the Devonian period.
==Etymology== The genus name Hyneria is a reference to the village of Hyner, Pennsylvania, near where the first specimen was found. The species epithet H. lindae is derived from the name of the wife of Keith Stewart Thomson, who described this fish.
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Devonian PennsylvaniaDevonian sarcopterygians of AfricaDevonian sarcopterygians of North AmericaDevonian South AfricaFamennian generaFossil taxa described in 1968Late Devonian sarcopterygiansPrehistoric lobe-finned fish generaTaxonbars desynced from WikidataTaxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on WikidataTristichopteridae