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Ceratodus nageshwarai

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus nageshwarai was named by Shah and Satsangi (1970). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maleri village (GSI), which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial claystone in the Lower Maleri Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Ceratodus nageshwarai Shah and Satsangi p. 176 figs. Pl. 1
1990Ceratodus nageswari Jain p. 71
2004Ceratodus nageshwarai 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
speciesnageshwarai

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 nageshwarai Shah and Satsangi 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. C. Shah and P. P. Satsangi 1970Dental plate relatively small, compressed, with seven closely spaced ridges divided by narrow and deep furrows; ridges sharp, straight, with dine tubercles at the outer ends.