Polypterus Lacépède 1803 (bichir)
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Osteichthyes - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Parent taxon: Polypteridae according to O. Otero et al. 2015
See also Otero et al. 2006 and Sereno et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Bawitius, Dajetella, Serenoichthys
Subtaxa: Polypterus bichir Polypterus faraou
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (24), Niger (2), Sudan (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (3)
• Miocene of Chad (2), Kenya (4), Libya (1), Tunisia (2)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
• Eocene of Libya (3)
Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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