Platycephalichthys Vorobyeva 1959 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidiformes - Tristichopteridae

Full reference: E. I. Vorobyeva. 1959. New crossopterygian genera from the Late Devonian of the Lovat river. Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 3:95-106

Parent taxon: Tristichopteridae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Borgen and Nakrem 2016, Swartz 2012 and Young et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Bruehnopteron, Eustenopteron, Eusthenodon, Hyneria, Jarvikina, Mandageria, Mandageriinae, Notorhizodon, Platycephalichthyinae, Tristichopterus, Heddleichthys, Marsdenichthys, Langlieria

Subtaxa: Platycephalichthys bischoffi Platycephalichthys rohoni Platycephalichthys skuenicus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Latvia (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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