Tinirau

†Tinirau clackae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eotetrapodiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes

Genus: †Tinirau
Species: †T. clackae

Name

Tinirau Swartz, 2012

Etymology: "Tinirau ... is a character of legend in Polynesian culture ... a half-man, half-fish lord of the ocean creatures" [Swartz, 2012]

References

Primary references

• Swartz, B. 2012. A Marine Stem-Tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33683. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033683 Reference page.