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Ctenodus roberti

Dipnoi

Taxonomy
Ctenodus roberti was named by Smithson et al. (2016) [Species of Ctenodus with oval tooth plates. Length to width ratio 1.6:1. Seven parallel tooth ridges. Pterygoid tooth ridge angle c. 8.]. Its type specimen is UMZC 2014.10, a tooth (left pterygoid tooth plate preserved as a natural mould), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ctenodus roberti-type locality, which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial horizon in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ctenodus roberti Smithson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
genusCtenodus
speciesroberti

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Ctenodus roberti Smithson et al. 2016
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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: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Ayrshire) Ctenodus roberti (type locality: 196860)