†Protopterus protopteroides Tabaste 1962 (african lungfish)
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Osteichthyes - Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Belongs to Protopterus according to H.-P. Schultze 2004
See also Werner 1993
Sister taxa: Protopterus aethiopicus, Protopterus amphibius, Protopterus annectens, Protopterus crassidens, Protopterus dolloi, Protopterus libycus, Protopterus regulatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at F 1/89, Wadi Abu Hashim (Cretaceous of Sudan)
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