Spathicephalus marsdeni Smithson et al. 2017 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Baphetoidea - Spathicephalidae

Full reference: T. R. Smithson, M. A. Browne, S. J. Davies, J. E. Marshall, D. Millward, S. A. Walsh, and J. A. Clack. 2017. A New Mississippian Tetrapod from Fife, Scotland and its Environmental Context. Papers in Palaeontology 1-11

Belongs to Spathicephalus according to T. R. Smithson et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Spathicephalus mirus, Spathicephalus pereger

Type specimen: NMS G 2015.37.1, a skull. Its type locality is East Fife coast, which is in a Visean lacustrine mudstone in the Anstruther Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at East Fife coast

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