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Ceratodus robustus

Osteichthyes - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus robustus was named by Knight (1898). Its type specimen is UWM 2001a, a tooth (the greater portion of a supposed mandibular tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Ceratodus robustus Knight
1902Ceratodus robustus Hay p. 356
1987Ceratodus robustus Kirkland p. 9
2004Ceratodus robustus Schultze p. 489

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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
speciesrobustus

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 robustus Knight 1898
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Ceratodus robustus (230770 230772)