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Mioceratodus poastrus

Neoceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Mioceratodus poastrus was named by Kemp (1997). Its type specimen is AMNH 11322, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lake Pinpa, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine claystone in the Namba Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Mioceratodus poastrus Kemp p. 730
2004Mioceratodus poastrus Schultze p. 490

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
—DipnomorphaAhlberg 1991
—Dipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyNeoceratodontidae
genusMioceratodusKemp 1992
speciespoastrus

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.

†Mioceratodus poastrus Kemp 1997
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Neoceratodus sp. 1 (51412)