Ligulalepis Schultze 1968 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Parent taxon: Sarcopterygii according to J. A. Long 2011

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Achoania, Actinistia, Actinistia, Akinetia, Dipnomorpha, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Guiyu, Lepidosireniformes, Onychodontia, Onychodontida, Osteolepidida, Psarolepis, Ptyctolepis, Rhipidistia, Rhizodontida, Tetrapoda, Platysomi, Saurodipterini, Heterocerci, Polypterini, Cyclolepidi, Eugnathi, Belonorhynchi, Taxistia, Lepidostei, Belonostomi, Haplistia, Osteolepidae, Amii

Subtaxa: Ligulalepis toombsi Ligulalepis yunnanensis

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections)

• Silurian of China (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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