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Neoceratodus forsteri
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).
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
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1870 | Ceratodus forsteri Krefft |
| 1982 | Neoceratodus forsteri Martin p. 612 |
| 1997 | Neoceratodus forsteri Kemp p. 720 |
| 2004 | Neoceratodus forsteri Schultze p. 489 |
| 2007 | Neoceratodus forsteri Apesteguia et al. |
| 2015 | Neoceratodus forsteri Criswell |
| 2015 | Neoceratodus forsteri Louys and Price p. 554 |
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Neoceratodus forsteri Krefft 1870
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Kemp 1997 | Punctations 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. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 100.50000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Australia (New South Wales) | Neoceratodus forsteri (99238 99240 216629) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Neoceratodus forsteri (51412) |