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Ceratodus humei

Osteichthyes - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus humei was named by Priem (1914). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Quft, which is in a Campanian marine phosphorite in Egypt.

It was recombined as Protopterus humei by Werner (1993), Carrano (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Ceratodus humei Priem p. 368
1943Ceratodus humei Arambourg and Joleaud p. 46
1963Ceratodus humei Tabaste p. 443
1993Protopterus humei Werner
2001Ceratodus humei Churcher and De Iuliis p. 310
2004Ceratodus humei Schultze p. 489
2025Protopterus humei Carrano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyCeratodontidaeGill 1872
genusCeratodus
specieshumei

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 humei Priem 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: lagoonal, marine, brackish, freshwatersubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2026-03-22 14:39:02
Modified: 2026-03-22 14:39:02
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Truuver and Meidla 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Paleocene or 100.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian143.1 - 93.9Mali (Kidal) Ceratodus humei (206857)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus humei (206853)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Protopterus humei (56365)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) Ceratodus humei (75235 75238 75242)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Egypt (Qina) Ceratodus humei (type locality: 38671)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) Ceratodus humei (97761 98017)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (River Nile) Protopterus humei (178525)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Protopterus humei (38682)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mali (Gao) Ceratodus humei (206854)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Osteichthyes indet. (48868)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Saudi Arabia (Makkah) Ceratodus humei (140965)