Barameda

Barameda
Temporal range: Tournasian
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Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Class: Rhizodontida
Order: Rhizodontiformes
Family: Rhizodontidae
Genus: Barameda
Long, 1989
Species
  • B. decipiens
  • B. mitchelli

Barameda (Indigenous Australian language: "fish trap") is a genus of rhizodont lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Tournaisian stage near the start of the Carboniferous period in Australia; fossils of the genus have been reported from the Snowy Plains Formation. The largest member of this genus, Barameda decipiens, reached an estimated length of around 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft), while the smallest species, B. mitchelli is estimated to have had a length of about 35 centimetres (14 in).