Hamodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater lobe-finned fish from the Middle Devonian of eastern Europe.[1][2] It contains a single known species, H. lutkevitshi from the Givetian of Pskov Oblast (Russia), Latvia, Estonia (Burtnieki Formation) and Lithuania.[3][4] Remains are also known from the Eifelian of Severnaya Zemlya Island in Russia.[3]

Hamodus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian (late Eifelian to late Givetian)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Porolepiformes
Family: Holoptychiidae
Genus: Hamodus
Obruchev, 1933
Species:
H. lutkevitshi
Binomial name
Hamodus lutkevitshi
Obruchev, 1933

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  1. "Hamodus". fossiilid.info. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  2. "Fossilworks: Hamodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  3. 1 2 Lukševičs, E.; Lebedev, O. A.; Zakharenko, G. V. (2010-03-01). "Palaeozoogeographical connections of the Devonian vertebrate communities of the Baltica Province. Part I. Eifelian–Givetian". Palaeoworld. Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography, palaeogeography and climate (IGCP Project 491). 19 (1): 94–107. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2010.02.001. ISSN 1871-174X.
  4. ЦНИГРИ (1933-01-01). Материалы Центрального научно-исследовательского геолого-разведочного института: Палеонтология и стратиграфия (in Russian). Alexander Doweld.