Megapleuron zangerli Schultze 1977 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi

Full reference: H.-P. Schultze. 1977. Megapleuron zangerli: a new dipnoan from the Pennsylvanian, Illinois. Fieldiana Geology 33(21):375-396

Belongs to Megapleuron according to H.-P. Schultze 1977

Sister taxon: Megapleuron rochei

Type specimen: FMNH R 5323, a skeleton (a small, nearly complete fish preserved in counterpart). Its type locality is Megapleuron zangerli-type locality, which is in a Pennsylvanian interdistributary bay horizon in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Megapleuron zangerli-type locality

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