Ceratodus guentheri Marsh 1878 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Alternative combination: Ptychoceratodus guentheri

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1878. New species of Ceratodus, from the Jurassic. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 15(85):76

Belongs to Ceratodus according to J. I. Kirkland 1987

See also Hay 1902, King 1878, Marsh 1878, Marsh 1897, Martin 1982, Schultze 2004 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Ceratodus altus, Ceratodus americanus, Ceratodus arenaceus, Ceratodus argentinus, Ceratodus avus, Ceratodus bicornis, Ceratodus bovisrivi, Ceratodus brasiliensis, Ceratodus bucobaensis, Ceratodus capensis, Ceratodus carinatus, Ceratodus casieri, Ceratodus cloacinus, Ceratodus curvus, Ceratodus daedaleus, Ceratodus disauris, Ceratodus diutinus, Ceratodus elegans, Ceratodus emarginatus, Ceratodus facetidens, Ceratodus favosus, Ceratodus felchi, Ceratodus frazieri, Ceratodus gibbus, Ceratodus guilielmi, Ceratodus gustasoni, Ceratodus heshanggouensis, Ceratodus heteromorphus, Ceratodus hislopianus, Ceratodus humei, Ceratodus hunterianus, Ceratodus jechartiensis, Ceratodus kannemeyeri, Ceratodus kaupi, Ceratodus kaupii, Ceratodus kempae, Ceratodus kirklandi, Ceratodus kranzi, Ceratodus kurrii, Ceratodus latissimus, Ceratodus madagascariensis, Ceratodus madelungi, Ceratodus minor, Ceratodus minutus, Ceratodus molossus, Ceratodus nageshwarai, Ceratodus nargun, Ceratodus nirumbee, Ceratodus obtusus, Ceratodus orenburgensis, Ceratodus palaeoruncinatus, Ceratodus palmatus, Ceratodus parvus, Ceratodus paucicristatus, Ceratodus pectinatus, Ceratodus phillipsi, Ceratodus planasper, Ceratodus planus, Ceratodus priscus, Ceratodus protopteroides, Ceratodus rectangularis, Ceratodus recticristatus, Ceratodus robustus, Ceratodus runcinatus, Ceratodus shenmuensis, Ceratodus silesiacus, Ceratodus stewarti, Ceratodus sturii, Ceratodus trapezoides, Ceratodus tuberculatus, Ceratodus tunuensis, Ceratodus vinslovii, Ceratodus weissmanni, Ceratodus wollastoni, Ceratodus youngi, Ceratodus yuanjianhensis

Type specimen: Yale Peabody Museum no. 205, a tooth. Its type locality is Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming collections)

• Jurassic of United States (5: Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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