Pillararhynchus Campbell and Barwick 1990 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Chirodipteridae

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell and R. E. Barwick. 1990. A new Devonian lungfish, Pillararhynchus longi n. gen., n. sp., from Gogo, Australia. Paleobiology 16:168-168

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

See also Campbell and Barwick 1990, Long 1992 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chirodipterinae, Chirodipterus, Conchodontinae, Conchodus, Palaedaphus, Pillararhynchinae

Subtaxa: Pillararhynchus longi

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gogo Formation (Devonian of Australia)

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