Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Alternative combination: Metaceratodus baibanorum
Full reference: K. M. Panzeri, S. G. Cavalli, N. A. Muñoz and A. L. Cione. 2020. Metaceratodus baibianorum, a new dipnoan species from the Upper Cretaceous of southern South America supported by traditional and geometric morphometric analyses. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(2):e1769640:1-14
Belongs to Metaceratodus according to K. M. Panzeri 2023
See also Panzeri et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Metaceratodus bonei, Metaceratodus ellioti, Metaceratodus kaopen, Metaceratodus palmeri, Metaceratodus wichmanni, Metaceratodus wollastoni
Type specimen: MPEF-PV 11422, a partial skull. Its type locality is Abra de la Tortuga, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial mudstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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