Coccocephalus tessellatus Poplin and Véran 1996 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinopterygii - Coccocephalichthyidae

Synonym: Coccocephalichthys tessellatus Beltan 1981 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. M. Poplin and M. Véran. 1996. A revision of the actinopterygian fish Coccocephalus wildi from the Upper Carboniferous of Lancashire. Special Papers in Palaeontology 52:7-30

Belongs to Coccocephalus according to C. M. Poplin and M. Véran 1996

See also Schultze et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Coccocephalus baldwini, Coccocephalus wildi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rio Negro, between Tacuarembo and Durazno departments (Permian of Uruguay)

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