Ptychoceratodus cionei Apesteguia et al. 2007 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha - Ptychoceratodontidae

Full reference: S. Apesteguia, F. L. Agnolin, and K. Claeson. 2007. Review of Cretaceous dipnoans from Argentina (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) with descriptions of new species. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales nueva serie 9(1):27-40

Belongs to Ptychoceratodus according to S. Apesteguia et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Ptychoceratodus acutus, Ptychoceratodus concinnus, Ptychoceratodus cuyanus, Ptychoceratodus donensis, Ptychoceratodus gracilis, Ptychoceratodus ornatus, Ptychoceratodus phillipsi, Ptychoceratodus rectangulus, Ptychoceratodus roemeri, Ptychoceratodus serratus, Ptychoceratodus szechuanensis, Ptychoceratodus virapa

Type specimen: MACN PV RN157B, a tooth (left lower tooth plate). Its type locality is Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siltstone/sandstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section

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