Soederberghia

Soederberghia
Temporal range: Late Devonian
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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.

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