Glyptopomus

Glyptopomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish, known from the Late Devonian of Europe and potentially eastern North America. It is considered an early tetrapodomorph in the Osteolepiformes.

The following species are known:

• †G. bystrowi <small>(Gross, 1941)</small> - Famennian of Latvia (Ketleri Formation) and Oryol Oblast, Russia (=Panderichthys bystrowi <small>Gross, 1941</small>)
• †G. elginensis <small>Jarvik</small><small>, 1950</small> - Famennian of Scotland (Rosebrae Beds of the Old Red Sandstone)
• †G. kinnairdi <small>(Huxley, 1859)</small> - Famennian of Scotland (Old Red Sandstone)
• †G. minor <small>Agassiz, 1844</small> (type species) - Famennian of Scotland (Old Red Sandstone)
• †G. sayrei <small>Newberry, 1878</small> - Famennian of Pennsylvania, US (Catskill Formation)

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