Parent taxon: Dipnoi according to H.-P. Schultze 2004
See also Campbell and Barwick 1990 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Adelargo, Amadeodipterus, Apatorhynchus, Ballagadus, Cathlorhynchus, Celsiodon, Ceratodonti, Ceratodontidae, Ceratodontoidei, Chirodipteroidea, Coccovedus, Ctenodontiformes, Ctenodontoidei, Ctenodus, Devonesteus, Devonosteus, Diabolepidiformes, Dipnoiformes, Dipnorhynchiformes, Dipnorhynchina, Dipnorhynchoidei, Dipteri, Dipterida, Dipteriformes, Dipteroidei, Dongshanodus, Ferganoceratodus, Gnathorhizidae, Gosfordia, Harajicadipterus, Holodipterida, Jessenia, Limanichthys, Melanognathus, Nielsenia, Occludus, Oervigia, Persephonichthys, Pinnalongus, Proceratodus, Protoceratodontidae, Protopteri, Ptychoceratodontidae, Rhinodipteridae, Sagenodontidae, Sinodipterus, Sirenoidei, Speonesydrionidae, Speonesydrionina, Speonysedrion, Synthetodus, Tarachomylax, Uranolophina, Uronemoidei, Westollrhynchus, Xylognathus
Subtaxa: Megapleuron rochei Megapleuron zangerli
Type: Megapleuron rochei
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Megapleuron zangerli-type locality (Carboniferous of Illinois)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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