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Neoceratodus forsteri

Osteichthyes - Neoceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus forsteri was named by Krefft (1870). It is extant. It is the type species of Neoceratodus.

It was recombined as Neoceratodus forsteri by Martin (1982), Kemp (1997), Schultze (2004), Apesteguia et al. (2007), Criswell (2015), Louys and Price (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Ceratodus forsteri Krefft
1982Neoceratodus forsteri Martin p. 612
1997Neoceratodus forsteri Kemp p. 720
2004Neoceratodus forsteri Schultze p. 489
2007Neoceratodus forsteri Apesteguia et al.
2015Neoceratodus forsteri Criswell
2015Neoceratodus forsteri Louys and Price p. 554

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyNeoceratodontidae
genusNeoceratodusCastelnau 1876
speciesforsteri(Krefft 1870)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Kemp 1997Punctations simple and without pattern; procumbent mediolingual keel absent; medial edge curved slightly in upper tooth plate and straight in lower; ridge 1 of upper tooth plate slender and falcate, ridge 1 of lower slender and acuminate; posterior ridges short, slender, and acute, crest of ridge 1 slightly curved in upper tooth plate and straight in lower; ridge 1 of upper plate curves evenly into and away from symphysis; ridge 1 of lower tooth plate angles into symphysis anteriorly; enamel-to-bone junction on labial face of tooth plates rises sharply between each ridge.