Sunwapta grandiceps Thomson 1967 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnorhynchiformes - Chirodipteridae

Full reference: K. S. Thomson. 1967. A new genus and species of marine dipnoan fish, from the Upper Devonianof Canada. Postilla 106:1-6

Belongs to Sunwapta according to K. S. Thomson 1967

Sister taxa: Chirodipterus australis, Chirodipterus liangcheni, Chirodipterus onawayensis, Chirodipterus potteri, Chirodipterus rhenanus, Chirodipterus wildungensis

Type specimen: UAGM477, a mandible (symphysis and the anterior portions of the rami of the lower jaws). Its type locality is Sunwapta-type locality, which is in a Devonian marine horizon in Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sunwapta-type locality

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