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Asiatoceratodus

Osteichthyes - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Asiatoceratodus was named by Vorobyeva (1967). Its type is Asiatoceratodus sharovi. It is the type genus of Ceratodontidae.

It was assigned to Neoceratodontidae by Martin (1982); to Asiatoceratodontidae by Goodwin et al. (1999), Castro et al. (2004), Schultze (2004); and to Ceratodontidae by van der Laan (2019).

Species
A. sharovi (type species), A. tiguidiensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-03-31; modified by D. Balseiro on 2023-10-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Asiatoceratodus Vorobyeva
1982Asiatoceratodus Martin p. 612
1999Asiatoceratodus Goodwin et al. p. 733
2004Asiatoceratodus Castro et al. p. 264
2004Asiatoceratodus Schultze p. 474
2019Asiatoceratodus van der Laan p. 90

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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
genusAsiatoceratodusVorobyeva 1967

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.

G. †Asiatoceratodus Vorobyeva 1967
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Asiatoceratodus sharovi Vorovyeva 1967
Asiatoceratodus tiguidiensis Medeiros et al. 2007
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Truuver and Meidla 2015, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Cenomanian or 241.46400 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Kyrgyzstan A. sharovi (217301)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Uruguay (Tacuarembó) A. tiguidiensis (102298)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Ethiopia (Shewa) A. tiguidensis (48841)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Ethiopia A. tiguidensis (48831)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) A. tiguidiensis (56365)