Ptychoceratodus szechuanensis Young 1942 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Ptychoceratodontidae

Alternative combinations: Ceratodus szechuanensis, Ferganoceratodus szechuanensis

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangyuan, N. Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 22(-34):293-309

Belongs to Ptychoceratodus according to M. Martin 1982

See also Martin et al. 1997, Schultze 2004 and Young 1942

Sister taxa: Ptychoceratodus acutus, Ptychoceratodus cionei, Ptychoceratodus concinnus, Ptychoceratodus cuyanus, Ptychoceratodus donensis, Ptychoceratodus gracilis, Ptychoceratodus ornatus, Ptychoceratodus phillipsi, Ptychoceratodus rectangulus, Ptychoceratodus roemeri, Ptychoceratodus serratus, Ptychoceratodus virapa

Type specimen: IVPP V.230. Its type locality is locality 47 (8b), Guangyuan, which is in a Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (2 collections), Thailand (1)

• Triassic of Thailand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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