Rhizodopsis Young 1866 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Osteolepiformes - Megalichthyidae

Synonym: Orthognathus Barkas 1873

Parent taxon: Megalichthyidae according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Askerichthyinae, Cladarosymblema, Coelosteus, Ectosteorhachinae, Megalichthyinae, Rabdiolepis, Sterropterygion

Subtaxa: Orthognathus reticulosus Rhizodopsis granulatus Rhizodopsis mazonius Rhizodopsis rankini Rhizodopsis robusta Rhizodopsis sauroides

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Type: Holoptychius granulatus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Poland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (15)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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