Sinodipterus beibei Qiao and Zhu 2009 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi

Full reference: T. Qiao and M. Zhu. 2009. A new tooth-plated lungfish from the Middle Devonian of Yunnan, China, and its phylogenetic relationships. Acta Zoologica 90(1):236-252

Belongs to Sinodipterus according to T. Qiao and M. Zhu 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V14562, a partial skeleton (An incomplete individual with a majority of skull roof and cheek bones, left pterygoid tooth-plate, dislocated gular bones, pectoral girdles and part of squamat). Its type locality is Sinodipterus-type locality, which is in an Eifelian marine horizon in the Qujing Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sinodipterus-type locality

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