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Ceratodus casieri

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus casieri was named by Cappetta (1972). It is not extant. Its type locality is Sessao, which is in a Thanetian marginal marine marl in Niger.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. sharategensis, C. zigongensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Ceratodus casieri Cappetta p. 229 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,2
2004Ceratodus casieri Schultze p. 489

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyCeratodontidaeGill 1872
genusCeratodus
speciescasieri

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.

†Ceratodus casieri Cappetta 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger Ceratodus casieri (type locality: 229530)