Soederberghia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Subclass:
Dipnoi
Family:
†Rhynchodipteridae
Genus:
†Soederberghia

Lehman, 1959
Species
  • †S. groenlandica (type)
    Lehman, 1959
  • †S. simpsoni
    Ahlberg et al., 2001

Soederberghia is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish that lived during the late Devonian period.

Soederberghia probably had a widespread range because fossils have been discovered in North America, Greenland and Australia.

The long-snouted Soederberghia shares many relationships with the lungfish Rhynchodipterus.

The genus is named after paleontologist Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh.

References

    • Ahlberg, Per E.; Johanson, Z.; Daeschler, E. B. (2001). "The Late Devonian lungfish Soederberghia (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from Australia and North America, and its biogeographical implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0001:TLDLSS]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130513725.


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