Family Neoceratodontidae Miles 1977 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha - Neoceratodontidae

Full reference: R. S. Miles. 1977. Dipnoan (lungfish) skulls and the relationships of the group: a study based on new species from the Devonian of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61:1-328

Parent taxon: Dipnoi according to A. Kemp 1997

See also Apesteguia et al. 2007, Betancur et al. 2013, Louys and Price 2015, Martin 1982, Miles 1977, Nelson et al. 2016, Schultze 1993 and Schultze 2004

Sister taxa: Adelargo, Amadeodipterus, Apatorhynchus, Ballagadus, Cathlorhynchus, Celsiodon, Ceratodontae, Ceratodonti, Ceratodontidae, Ceratodontoidei, Chirodipteroidea, Coccovedus, Ctenodontiformes, Ctenodontoidei, Ctenodus, Devonesteus, Devonosteus, Diabolepidiformes, Dianodipterus, Dipnoiformes, Dipnorhynchiformes, Dipnorhynchina, Dipnorhynchoidei, Dipteri, Dipterida, Dipteriformes, Dipteroidei, Dongshanodus, Ferganoceratodus, Gnathorhizidae, Gosfordia, Harajicadipterus, Holodipterida, Jessenia, Limanichthys, Megapleuron, Melanognathus, Nielsenia, Occludus, Oervigia, Persephonichthys, Pinnalongus, Proceratodus, Protoceratodontidae, Protopteri, Ptychoceratodontidae, Rhinodipteridae, Sagenodontidae, Sinodipterus, Sirenoidei, Speonesydrionina, Speonysedrion, Synthetodus, Tarachomylax, Uranolophina, Uronemoidei, Westollrhynchus, Xylognathus

Subtaxa: Archaeoceratodus Asiatoceratodus Mioceratodus Neoceratodus

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Type: Neoceratodus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (5)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (8), Australia (6), Brazil (3), Egypt (1), Morocco (2), Niger (3), Tunisia (2)

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), Uruguay (2)

• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (1)

Total: 36 collections including 53 occurrences

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