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Ceratodus protopteroides

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus protopteroides was named by Tabaste (1963). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rouaix, which is in a Berriasian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Continental Intercalaire Formation of Mali.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Ceratodus protopteroides Tabaste p. 454

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyCeratodontidaeGill 1872
genusCeratodus
speciesprotopteroides

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 protopteroides Tabaste 1963
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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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian145.0 - 93.5Mali (Kidal) Ceratodus protopteroides (type locality: 206857)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Ceratodus protopteroides (59578)