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Neoceratodus (Queensland lungfish)

Dipnomorpha - Neoceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Neoceratodus was named by Castelnau (1876). It is extant. Its type is Neoceratodus forsteri.

It was assigned to Dipnoi by Werner (1993); and to Neoceratodontidae by Miles (1977), Martin (1982), Schultze (2004), Apesteguia et al. (2007) and Louys and Price (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Neoceratodus Castelnau
1977Neoceratodus Miles
1982Neoceratodus Martin p. 612
1993Neoceratodus Werner p. 203
2004Neoceratodus Schultze p. 474
2007Neoceratodus Apesteguia et al.
2015Neoceratodus Louys and Price p. 554

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderCeratodontae
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
familyNeoceratodontidae
genusNeoceratodusCastelnau 1876

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Neoceratodus Castelnau 1876 [Queensland lungfish]
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†Neoceratodus djelleh Kemp 1982
†Neoceratodus eyrensis White 1925
†Neoceratodus gregoryi White 1925
†Neoceratodus nargun Kemp 1983
†Neoceratodus palmeri Krefft 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:01:24
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:01:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 157.30000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Ceratodus africanus (83735)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Neoceratodus sp. (59355)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian145.0 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (25222)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) Ceratodus africanus (166013)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Niger (Agadez) Ceratodus sp. (77189)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Neoceratodus nargun (38538 38541) Neoceratodus sp. (51961)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Tunisia (Médenine) Neoceratodus africanus (67203)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Algeria Ceratodus africanus (187588)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (206853)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Ceratodus africanus (59578)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Ceratodus sp. (56365)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) Ceratodus sp. (59341)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Neoceratodus africanus (224512 224513)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) Ceratodus africanus (75235 75238)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Neoceratodus africanus (163917 163918)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Al Jizah) Ceratodus africanus (25126)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (227231)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Neoceratodus sp. (57000)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Neoceratodus sp. 1, Neoceratodus sp. 2, Neoceratodus sp. 3, Neoceratodus sp. 4, Neoceratodus forsteri, Neoceratodus eyrensis, Neoceratodus gregoryi, Neoceratodus nargun, Neoceratodus djelleh (51412) Neoceratodus sp. 1, Neoceratodus sp. 4, Neoceratodus eyrensis, Neoceratodus gregoryi, Neoceratodus djelleh (45652 51413)