Phaneropleuron elegans Traquair 1889 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Phaneropleuridae

Full reference: R. Traquair. 1889. Notes on the Genus. Phaneropleuron, with a Description of a New Species from the. Carboniferous Formation. Geological Magazine 8:529-535

Belongs to Phaneropleuron according to R. Traquair 1889

Sister taxa: Phaneropleuron andersoni, Phaneropleuron curtum

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Burdiehouse limestone, near Edinburgh (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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