Eusthenopteron Whiteaves 1881 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Osteolepiformes - Tristichopteridae

Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1881. On some remarkable fossil fishes from the Devonian rocks of Scaumenac Bay, in the Province of Quebec. Journal of Natural History 8(44):159-162

Parent taxon: Tristichopteridae according to G.C. Young et al. 2019

See also Borgen and Nakrem 2016, Hay 1902, Jeffery 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Bruehnopteron, Eusthenodon, Hyneria, Jarvikina, Mandageriinae, Platycephalichthys, Tristichopterus

Subtaxa: Eusthenopteron foordii Eusthenopteron jenkinsi Eusthenopteron obruchevi Eusthenopteron saevesoederberghi Eusthenopteron wenjukowi

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Type: Eusthenopteron foordi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Nunavut, Quebec collections), Latvia (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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