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Ceratodus silesiacus

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus silesiacus was named by Roemer (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lisów (Lissau), which is in a Norian terrestrial breccia in the Lissauer Breccia Formation of Poland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Ceratodus silesiacus Roemer p. 184

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

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 silesiacus Roemer 1870
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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Poland (Opole) Ceratodus sp. (61448)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Poland (Sil) Ceratodus silesiacus (type locality: 220332)