Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Alternative combination: Ceratodus kaopen

Full reference: S. Apesteguia, F. L. Agnolin, and K. Claeson. 2007. Review of Cretaceous dipnoans from Argentina (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) with descriptions of new species. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales nueva serie 9(1):27-40

Belongs to Metaceratodus according to K. M. Panzeri 2023

See also Apesteguia et al. 2007 and Cione and Gouiric-Cavalli 2012

Sister taxa: Metaceratodus baibianorum, Metaceratodus bonei, Metaceratodus ellioti, Metaceratodus palmeri, Metaceratodus wichmanni, Metaceratodus wollastoni

Type specimen: MPCN-PV 1-1, a tooth (complete left lower tooth plate). Its type locality is Paso Córdova [Bajo de la Carpa], which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Paso Córdova [Bajo de la Carpa]

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