Polypterus Lacépède 1803 (bichir)

Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae

Parent taxon: Polypteridae according to O. Otero et al. 2015

See also Otero et al. 2006 and Sereno et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Bawitius, Dajetella, Serenoichthys

Subtaxa: Polypterus bichir Polypterus faraou

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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 Libya (3)

Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence

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