Screbinodus Andrews 1985 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Rhizodontida - Rhizodontidae

Alternative spelling: Screbodinus

Full reference: S. M. Andrews. 1985. Rhizodont crossopterygian fish from the Dinatian of Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland with a reevaluation of this group. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 76:67-95

Parent taxon: Rhizodontidae according to J.E. Jeffery 2012

See also Andrews 1985, Jeffery 2002 and Traquair 1878

Sister taxa: Gooloogongia, Rhizodus, Sauripteris, Strepsodus

Subtaxa: Screbinodus ornatus

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Type: Rhizodus ornatus

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Venturefair Pit, Gilmerton (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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