Ctenodus cristatus Agassiz 1838 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi

Synonyms: Ctenodus concavus Barkas 1869, Ctenodus corrugatus Woodward 1891, Ctenodus ovatus Barkus 1869, Ctenodus tuberculatus Atthey 1868, Sagenodus corrugatus Woodward 1891

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Ctenodus according to E. L. Sharp and J. A. Clack 2013

See also Agassiz 1838, Eastman 1903, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Ctenodus allodens, Ctenodus fossatus, Ctenodus gurleyanus, Ctenodus heterolophus, Ctenodus interruptus, Ctenodus murchisoni, Ctenodus periprion, Ctenodus porrectus, Ctenodus roberti, Ctenodus robertsoni, Ctenodus romeri, Ctenodus serratus, Ctenodus tardus, Ctenodus vabasensis, Ctenodus wagneri, Ctenodus whitropei, Ctenodus williei

Type specimens:

  • Ctenodus cristatus: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
  • Ctenodus concavus:
  • Ctenodus ovatus:
  • Ctenodus tuberculatus:
  • Sagenodus corrugatus:

Ecology:

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ctenodus cristatus in the database

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