Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Dipteridae

Full reference: T. R. Smithson, K. R. Richards, and J. A. Clack. 2016. Lungfish diversity in Romer's Gap: reaction to the end-Devonian. Palaeontology 59(1):29-44

Belongs to Ctenodus according to T. R. Smithson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Ctenodus cristatus, Ctenodus fossatus, Ctenodus gurleyanus, Ctenodus heterolophus, Ctenodus interruptus, Ctenodus murchisoni, Ctenodus romeri, Ctenodus tardus, Ctenodus vabasensis, Ctenodus whitropei, Ctenodus williei

Type specimen: UMZC 2014.10, a tooth (left pterygoid tooth plate preserved as a natural mould). Its type locality is Ctenodus roberti-type locality, which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial horizon in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Ctenodus roberti-type locality

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.