Family Polypteridae (bichir)

Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae

Parent taxon: Polypteriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Cope 1887, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Otero et al. 2006, Otero et al. 2015 and Sereno et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Pollia

Subtaxa: Bawitius Dajetella Polypterus Serenoichthys

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (24), Niger (2), Sudan (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1)

• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (5)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (3)

• Miocene of Chad (2), Kenya (4), Tunisia (2)

• Oligocene of Kenya (1)

• Eocene of Algeria (1), Libya (3)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Bolivia (1), Egypt (3), Morocco (2), Sudan (1)

Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence

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