Persephonichthys chthonica Pardo et al. 2014 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha

Full reference: J. D. Pardo, A. K. Huttenlocker, and B. J. Small. 2014. An exceptionally preserved transitional lungfish from the Lower Permian of Nebraska, USA, and the origin of modern lungfishes. PLoS One 9(9):e108542

Belongs to Persephonichthys according to J. D. Pardo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNSM 32104, a skull (articulated skull with partial postcranium). Its type locality is Raney Farm, which is in an Asselian pond siltstone in the Eskridge Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Raney Farm

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