Osteichthyes - Ceratodontiformes - Arganodontidae
Alternative combination: Ceratodus dorotheae
Synonym: Ceratodus crosbiensis Warthin 1928
Full reference: E. C. Case. 1921. A new species of Ceratodus from the Upper Triassic of western Texas. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 101:1-2
Belongs to Arganodus according to M. Martin 1982
See also Case 1921, Murry 1986, Murry 1989, Schultze 2004 and Warthin 1928
Sister taxa: Arganodus arganensis, Arganodus atlantis, Arganodus multicristatus, Arganodus tiguidiensis
Type specimens:
- Arganodus dorotheae: UMMP 7324, a tooth
- Ceratodus crosbiensis: UMMP 9634, a tooth (left palatal tooth plate). Its type locality is Walker's Tank, TMM 41966, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Tecovas Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (8: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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