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Ceratodus guentheri

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus guentheri was named by Marsh (1878) [Original spelling "güntheri."]. Its type specimen is Yale Peabody Museum no. 205, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Ptychoceratodus guentheri by Martin (1982).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ceratodus guentheri King p. 346
1878Ceratodus guentheri Marsh p. 76
1891Ceratodus guentheri Woodward p. 268
1897Ceratodus guentheri Marsh p. 507
1902Ceratodus guentheri Hay p. 356
1982Ptychoceratodus guentheri Martin p. 612
1987Ceratodus guentheri Kirkland p. 6
2004Ceratodus guentheri 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
speciesguentheri

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 guentheri Marsh 1878
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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, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Aptian or 152.10000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Ptychoceratodus guentheri (136080)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Ceratodus guentheri (12816)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Ceratodus guentheri (type locality: 28366)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Oklahoma) Ceratodus sp. (49598)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Ceratodus guentheri (48161)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0USA (Montana) Ceratodus guentheri (137611)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Ceratodus guentheri (137567 137577)