Rhizodus (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Rhizodontiformes - Rhizodontidae

Synonym: Characodus Morris and Roberts 1862

Parent taxon: Rhizodontidae according to A.Y. Smirnova 2022

See also Jeffery 2012, Jeffery 2002, Jordan 1963, Owen 1859, Sepkoski 2002, White and Moy-Thomas 1940 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Gooloogongia, Sauripteris, Screbinodus, Strepsodus

Subtaxa: Rhizodus hibberti Rhizodus reticulatus Rhizodus serpukhovensis

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Type: Rhizodus hibberti

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belarus (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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