Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 (South American lungfish)
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Osteichthyes - Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Belongs to Lepidosiren according to K. E. Criswell 2015
See also de Muizon et al. 1983, Lundberg 1997 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxon: Lepidosiren megalos
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (19 collections)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (2)
• Paleocene of Bolivia (1)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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