Metaceratodus
| Metaceratodus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
| Family: | †Ceratodontidae |
| Genus: | †Metaceratodus Chapman, 1914 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Metaceratodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish in the family Ceratodontidae, with an indeterminate specimen known from the Late Triassic (Norian)-aged Lissauer Breccia of Poland[1] and more complete specimens known from the Late Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia and Argentina (Malargue Group).[2][3][4] The genus was named and described by Frederick Chapman in 1914.[5][6]
Species
[edit]The seven identified species of Metaceratodus are listed below, while an eighth unnamed species is known from Poland:[7]
- cf. Metaceratodus sp.
- Metaceratodus baibianorum
- Metaceratodus bonei
- Metaceratodus ellioti
- Metaceratodus kaopen (=Ptychoceratodus kaopen, P. cionei)
- Metaceratodus palmeri
- Metaceratodus wichmanni (=Ceratodus wichmanni)
- Metaceratodus wollastoni
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Czepiński, Ł.; Dróżdż, D.; Szczygielski, T.; Tałanda, M.; Pawlak, W.; Lewczuk, A.; Rytel, A.; Sulej, T. (2021). "An Upper Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrate Assemblage from the Forgotten Kocury Locality (Poland) with a New Aetosaur Taxon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (1): e1898977. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E8977C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1898977. S2CID 233522981.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Kemp, A. (1997-04-16). "Four species of Metaceratodus (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi, Family Ceratodontidae) from Australian Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 26–33. Bibcode:1997JVPal..17...26K. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010949. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Gonzalez Riga, B. J. (1999). Hallazgo de vertebrados fósiles en la Formación Loncoche, Cretácico Superior de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Ameghiniana 36:401-410
- ^ Chapman, F. (1914). Australasian Fossils. A Students’ Manual of Palaeontology 1-341
- ^ Chapman, F. (1914) Australian Fossils. Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and London. Project Gutenberg eBook 59074
- ^ "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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