Belongs to Pterophyllum according to Vimal and Singh 1968
Sister taxa: Pterophyllum aequale, Pterophyllum affine, Pterophyllum alaskense, Pterophyllum astartense, Pterophyllum bavieri, Pterophyllum brevipenne, Pterophyllum burdwanense, Pterophyllum cheondaeriense, Pterophyllum compressum, Pterophyllum contiguum, Pterophyllum ctenoides, Pterophyllum daleanum, Pterophyllum distans, Pterophyllum exhibens, Pterophyllum footeanum, Pterophyllum fragile, Pterophyllum guptai, Pterophyllum inaequale, Pterophyllum incisum, Pterophyllum jaegeri, Pterophyllum kingianum, Pterophyllum lepidum, Pterophyllum longifolium, Pterophyllum lowryanum, Pterophyllum medlicottianum, Pterophyllum micraequale, Pterophyllum minus, Pterophyllum montanense, Pterophyllum morrisianum, Pterophyllum nathorsti, Pterophyllum nerbuddaicum, Pterophyllum princeps, Pterophyllum propinquum, Pterophyllum rajmahalense, Pterophyllum sahnii, Pterophyllum santajuanensis, Pterophyllum sinensis, Pterophyllum subaequale, Pterophyllum taylorsvillensis, Pterophyllum thomasi, Pterophyllum tietzei, Pterophyllum trichomatosum, Pterophyllum trilobatum, Pterophyllum xiphipterum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Karkati, Shahdol, which is in a Lopingian/Triassic fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Karkati, Shahdol
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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