Neoceratodus Castelnau 1876 (Queensland lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Ceratodontiformes - Neoceratodontidae

Parent taxon: Neoceratodontidae according to J. Louys and G. J. Price 2015

See also Apesteguia et al. 2007, Martin 1982, Miles 1977, Schultze 2004 and Werner 1993

Sister taxa: Asiatoceratodus, Mioceratodus

Subtaxa: Neoceratodus africanus Neoceratodus djelleh Neoceratodus eyrensis Neoceratodus forsteri Neoceratodus gregoryi Neoceratodus nargun Neoceratodus palmeri

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Type: Neoceratodus forsteri

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (3 collections)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (8), Australia (3), Brazil (3), Egypt (1), Morocco (2), Niger (3), Tunisia (2)

• Jurassic of Uruguay (1)

Total: 26 collections including 42 occurrences

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