Chirodipterus potteri Kemp 2000 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnorhynchiformes - Chirodipteridae

Full reference: A. Kemp. 2000. Chirodipterus potteri, a new Devonian lungfish from New South Wales, Australia: And the ontogeny of chirodipterid tooth plates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(4):665-674

Belongs to Chirodipterus according to A. Kemp 2000

Sister taxa: Chirodipterus australis, Chirodipterus liangcheni, Chirodipterus onawayensis, Chirodipterus rhenanus, Chirodipterus wildungensis, Sunwapta grandiceps

Type specimen: AM F 90544, a set of teeth (left upper tooth plate with some attached bone). Its type locality is Catombal Range locality, which is in a Devonian marginal marine sandstone in the Columbine Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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