Ctenodus roberti Smithson et al. 2016 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi

Full reference: T. R. Smithson, K. R. Richards, and J. A. Clack. 2016. Lungfish diversity in Romer's Gap: reaction to the end-Devonian. Palaeontology 59(1):29-44

Belongs to Ctenodus according to T. R. Smithson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Ctenodus allodens, Ctenodus cristatus, Ctenodus fossatus, Ctenodus gurleyanus, Ctenodus heterolophus, Ctenodus interruptus, Ctenodus murchisoni, Ctenodus periprion, Ctenodus porrectus, Ctenodus robertsoni, Ctenodus romeri, Ctenodus serratus, Ctenodus tardus, Ctenodus vabasensis, Ctenodus wagneri, Ctenodus whitropei, Ctenodus williei

Type specimen: UMZC 2014.10, a tooth (left pterygoid tooth plate preserved as a natural mould). Its type locality is Ctenodus roberti-type locality, which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial horizon in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Ctenodus roberti-type locality

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