Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha - Sagenodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Belongs to Sagenodus according to C. R. Eastman 1903
Sister taxa: Sagenodus angustus, Sagenodus browniae, Sagenodus carlinvillensis, Sagenodus conchiolepis, Sagenodus copeanus, Sagenodus dialophus, Sagenodus foliatus, Sagenodus inaequalis, Sagenodus jugosus, Sagenodus lacovianus, Sagenodus magister, Sagenodus occidentalis, Sagenodus ohioensis, Sagenodus periprion, Sagenodus porrectus, Sagenodus pusillus, Sagenodus quadratus, Sagenodus quincunciatus, Sagenodus quinquecostatus, Sagenodus reticulatus, Sagenodus textilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (YPM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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