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Ceratodus humei
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).
It was recombined as Protopterus humei by Werner (1993), Carrano (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Ceratodus humei Priem p. 368 |
| 1943 | Ceratodus humei Arambourg and Joleaud p. 46 |
| 1963 | Ceratodus humei Tabaste p. 443 |
| 1993 | Protopterus humei Werner |
| 2001 | Ceratodus humei Churcher and De Iuliis p. 310 |
| 2004 | Ceratodus humei Schultze p. 489 |
| 2025 | Protopterus humei Carrano |
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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
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| 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 Cenomanian | Mali (Kidal) | Ceratodus humei (206857) | |
| Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Algeria (Illizi) | Ceratodus humei (206853) | |
| Cenomanian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Protopterus humei (56365) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Niger (Zinder) | Ceratodus humei (75235 75238 75242) | |
| Campanian | Egypt (Qina) | Ceratodus humei (type locality: 38671) | |
| Middle Campanian | Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) | Ceratodus humei (97761 98017) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (River Nile) | Protopterus humei (178525) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | Protopterus humei (38682) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mali (Gao) | Ceratodus humei (206854) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | Osteichthyes indet. (48868) | |
| Paleocene | Saudi Arabia (Makkah) | Ceratodus humei (140965) |