Rhinodipterus ulrichi Ørvig 1961 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Rhinodipteridae

Full reference: T. Ørvig. 1961. New Finds of Acanthodians, Arthrodires, Crossopterygians, Ganoids and Dipnoans in the Upper Middle Devonian Calcareous Flags (Oberer Plattenkalk) of the Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath Trough. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 35(1):10-27

Belongs to Rhinodipterus according to Orvig 1961

See also Clement 2012

Sister taxa: Rhinodipterus kimberleyensis, Rhinodipterus secans, Rhinodipterus stolbovi

Type specimen: SMNH P.4728. Its type locality is Heiligenstock Quarry, which is in a Givetian/Frasnian marine limestone/shale in the Oberer Plattenkalk Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Heiligenstock Quarry

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