Ptyctolepis Lu et al. 2017 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: J. Lu, S. Giles, M. Friedman and M. Zhu. 2017. A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes. Nature Communications 8(1)

Parent taxon: Sarcopterygii according to J. Lu et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Achoania, Actinistia, Actinistia, Akinetia, Dipnomorpha, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Guiyu, Lepidosireniformes, Ligulalepis, Onychodontia, Onychodontida, Osteolepidida, Psarolepis, Rhipidistia, Rhizodontida, Tetrapoda, Cyclolepidi, Eugnathi, Heterocerci, Polypterini, Coelacanthini, Lepidostei, Platysomi, Saurodipterini, Osteolepidae, Belonostomi, Haplistia, Belonorhynchi, Amii, Taxistia

Subtaxa: Ptyctolepis brachynotus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Qingmenodus-type area, Zhaotong (Devonian of China)

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