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Ctenodontidae

Dipnoi - Ctenodontidae

Taxonomy
Ctenodontidae was named by Woodward (1891). It is not extant. Its type is Ctenodus.

It was assigned to Sirenoidei by Hay (1902); to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipnoi by Long (1987); to Speonesydrionina by Campbell and Barwick (1990); and to Ctenodontiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Ctenodontidae Woodward
1902Ctenodontidae Hay p. 353
1977Ctenodontidae Miles
1987Ctenodontidae Long
1990Ctenodontidae Campbell and Barwick
2016Ctenodontidae Nelson et al. p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderCtenodontiformes
familyCtenodontidaeWoodward 1891
familyCtenodontidaeWoodward 1891

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.

Fm. †Ctenodontidae Woodward 1891
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Subfm. †Ctenodontinae Woodward 1891
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G. †Delatitia Long and Campbell 1985
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†Delatitia breviceps Woodward 1906
G. †Tranodis Thomson 1965
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†Tranodis castrensis Thomson 1965
G. †Eoctenodus Hills 1929
Subfm. †Gnathorhizinae Campbell and Barwick 1990
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G. †Monongahela Lund 1970
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Asselian or 358.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (Victoria) Delatitia breviceps (203234)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0USA (Iowa) Tranodis sp. (68318)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Illinois) Tranodis sp. (68319)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Nebraska) Monongahela sp. (162676 179619 179620)