Chirodipterus Gross 1933 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnorhynchiformes - Chirodipteridae

Synonym: Sunwapta Thomson 1967

Parent taxon: Chirodipteridae according to A. Kemp 2000

See also Campbell and Barwick 1990, Long 1992, Miles 1977, Schultze 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Thomson 1967

Sister taxa: Chirodipterinae, Palaedaphus, Pillararhynchinae

Subtaxa: Chirodipterus australis Chirodipterus liangcheni Chirodipterus onawayensis Chirodipterus potteri Chirodipterus rhenanus Chirodipterus wildungensis Sunwapta grandiceps

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (1: Alberta), United States (1: Michigan)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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