Rhizodus serpukhovensis Smirnova 2022 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Rhizodontiformes - Rhizodontidae

Full reference: A.Y. Smirnova. 2022. A new species of rhizodontiform sarcopterygian fish (Sarcopterygii: Rhizodontiformes) from the Lower Carboniferous of the Moscow Region. Paleontological Journal 56(4):77-86

Belongs to Rhizodus according to A.Y. Smirnova 2022

Sister taxa: Rhizodus hibberti, Rhizodus reticulatus

Type specimen: PIN no. 2878/581, a mandible. Its type locality is Zaborie quarry, lower Glazechnya subformation, which is in a Pendleian/Arnsbergian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Steshev Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Zaborie quarry, lower Glazechnya subformation

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