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Ceratodus felchi

Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus felchi was named by Kirkland (1987). Its type specimen is CM 576. Its type locality is Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Ceratodus felchi Kirkland pp. 5-6 fig. 3
2004Ceratodus felchi Schultze p. 489

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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)
familyCeratodontidaeGill 1872
genusCeratodus
speciesfelchi

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 felchi Kirkland 1987
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06USA (Colorado) Ceratodus sp. (type locality: 28366)