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
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