†Phaneropleuron Huxley 1861 (lungfish)
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Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Phaneropleuridae
Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1861. Preliminary essay upon the systematic arrangment of the fishes of the Devonian Epoch. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, decade 10 23:1-40
Parent taxon: Phaneropleuridae according to K. S. W. Campbell and R. E. Barwick 1990
See also Huxley 1861, Miles 1977 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Pentlandia, Scaumenacia
Subtaxa: Phaneropleuron andersoni Phaneropleuron curtum Phaneropleuron elegans
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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