Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha - Ceratodontidae
Synonyms: Arganodontidae Martin 1982, Asiatoceratodontidae Vorobyeva 1967, Protoceratodontidae Miles 1977
Parent taxon: Dipnoi according to K. M. Panzeri 2023
See also Agnolin et al. 2018, Apesteguia et al. 2007, ApesteguĂa et al. 2012, Churcher and De Iuliis 2001, Churcher et al. 2006, Cione and Gouiric-Cavalli 2012, Goodwin et al. 1999, Hay 1902, Heckert 2004, Kirkland 1987, Louys and Price 2015, Martin 1982, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Miles 1977, Murry 1989, Nelson et al. 2016, Panzeri et al. 2020, Panzeri et al. 2022, Previtera and González Riga 2008, Schultze 1993, Schultze 2004, Shimada and Kirkland 2011 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Adelargo, Amadeodipterus, Apatorhynchus, Ballagadus, Cathlorhynchus, Celsiodon, Ceratodonti, Ceratodontiformes, Ceratodontoidei, Chirodipteroidea, Coccovedus, Ctenodontiformes, Ctenodontoidei, Ctenodus, Devonosteus, Diabolepidiformes, Dianodipterus, Dipnoiformes, Dipnorhynchiformes, Dipnorhynchina, Dipnorhynchoidei, Dipteri, Dipterida, Dipteriformes, Dipteroidei, Dongshanodus, Ferganoceratodus, Gnathorhizidae, Gosfordia, Harajicadipterus, Holodipterida, Jessenia, Limanichthys, Megapleuron, Melanognathus, Neoceratodontidae, Nielsenia, Occludus, Oervigia, Persephonichthys, Pinnalongus, Powichthyidae, Proceratodus, Protopteri, Ptychoceratodontidae, Sagenodontidae, Sinodipterus, Sirenoidei, Speonesydrionina, Speonysedrion, Synthetodus, Tarachomylax, Uranolophina, Uronemoidei, Westollrhynchus, Xylognathus, Youngolepididae
Subtaxa: Arganodus Ariguna Asiatoceratodus Atlantoceratodus Ceratodontinae Ceratodus Chaoceratodus Epiceratodus Lupaceradotus Metaceratodus Microceratodus Rinconodus Tellerodus
Type: Asiatoceratodus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1)
• Paleocene of Niger (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (6), Argentina (115), Australia (10), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Egypt (4), Madagascar (1), Mali (2), Morocco (3), Niger (13), Spain (1), Sudan (2), Tanzania (2), United States (19: Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Brazil (1), China (2), Ethiopia (3), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Niger (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming), Uruguay (2)
• Triassic of Angola (1), Antarctica (1), Australia (3), Austria (1), France (3), Germany (12), Greenland (1), India (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (1), Morocco (2), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (9), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (9), United States (56: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Utah)
Total: 336 collections including 374 occurrences