†Protopsephurus Lu 1994 (paddlefish)
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Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Full reference: L. Lu. 1994. [A new paddlefish from the Upper Jurassic of northeast China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 32(2):134-142
Parent taxon: Protopsephurinae according to L. Grande et al. 2002
See also Grande and Bemis 1996, Grande and Hilton 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxon: Polyodonti
Subtaxa: Protopsephurus liui
Type: Protopsephurus liui
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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