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Ceratodus

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus was named by Agassiz (1838). Its type is Ceratodus latissimus.

It was assigned to Dipnoi by Stensiö (1921); to Protoceratodontidae by Miles (1977); to Ptychoceratodontidae by Cione (1987); to Ceratodontinae by Apesteguia et al. (2007); and to Ceratodontidae by Hay (1902), Martin (1979), Martin (1981), Martin (1982), Murry (1986), Kirkland (1987), Schultze (1993), Churcher and De Iuliis (2001), Schultze (2004), Shimada and Kirkland (2011), Agnolin et al. (2018).

Species
C. altus, C. americanus, C. arenaceus, C. argentinus, C. avus, C. bicornis, C. bovisrivi, C. brasiliensis, C. bucobaensis, C. capensis, C. carinatus, C. casieri, C. cloacinus, C. curvus, C. daedaleus, C. disauris, C. diutinus, C. elegans, C. emarginatus, C. facetidens, C. favosus, C. felchi, C. frazieri (syn. Polyporites browni), C. gibbus, C. guentheri, C. guilielmi, C. gustasoni, C. heshanggouensis, C. heteromorphus, C. hislopianus, C. humei, C. hunterianus, C. jechartiensis, C. kannemeyeri, C. kaupi, C. kaupii, C. kempae, C. kirklandi, C. kranzi, C. kurrii, C. latissimus (type species), C. madagascariensis, C. madelungi, C. minor, C. minutus, C. molossus, C. nageshwarai, C. nargun, C. nirumbee, C. obtusus, C. orenburgensis, C. palaeoruncinatus, C. palmatus, C. parvus, C. paucicristatus, C. pectinatus, C. phillipsi, C. planasper, C. planus, C. priscus, C. protopteroides, C. rectangularis, C. recticristatus, C. robustus, C. runcinatus, C. shenmuensis, C. silesiacus, C. stewarti, C. trapezoides, C. tuberculatus, C. tunuensis, C. vinslovii, C. weissmanni, C. wollastoni, C. youngi, C. yuanjianhensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. sharategensis, C. zigongensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ceratodus Agassiz p. 129
1902Ceratodus Hay p. 355
1921Ceratodus Stensiö
1977Ceratodus Miles
1979Ceratodus Martin p. 91
1981Ceratodus Martin p. 23
1982Ceratodus Martin p. 612
1986Ceratodus Murry
1987Ceratodus Cione p. 115
1987Ceratodus Kirkland p. 5
1993Ceratodus Schultze
2001Ceratodus Churcher and De Iuliis p. 310
2004Ceratodus Schultze p. 474
2007Ceratodus Apesteguia et al.
2011Ceratodus Shimada and Kirkland
2018Ceratodus Agnolin et al.

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

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.

G. †Ceratodus Agassiz 1838
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†Ceratodus altus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus americanus Knight 1898
†Ceratodus arenaceus Quenstedt 1883
†Ceratodus argentinus Apesteguia et al. 2007
†Ceratodus avus Woodward 1906
†Ceratodus bicornis Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus bovisrivi Linck 1962
†Ceratodus brasiliensis Souza Cunha and Ferreira 1980
†Ceratodus bucobaensis Minikh 1977
†Ceratodus capensis Woodward 1889
†Ceratodus carinatus Schaal 1984
†Ceratodus casieri Cappetta 1972
†Ceratodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858
†Ceratodus curvus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus daedaleus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus disauris Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus diutinus Kemp 1993
†Ceratodus elegans Vollrath 1923
†Ceratodus emarginatus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus facetidens Chabakov 1931
†Ceratodus favosus Cope 1884
†Ceratodus felchi Kirkland 1987
†Ceratodus frazieri Ostrom 1970
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Invalid names: Polyporites browni Wieland 1934 [synonym]
†Ceratodus gibbus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus guentheri Marsh 1878
†Ceratodus guilielmi Meyer and Plieninger 1844
†Ceratodus gustasoni Kirkland 1987
†Ceratodus heteromorphus Agassiz 1834
†Ceratodus hislopianus Oldham 1859
†Ceratodus humei Priem 1914
†Ceratodus hunterianus Oldham 1859
†Ceratodus jechartiensis Minikh 1977
†Ceratodus kannemeyeri Seeley 1897
†Ceratodus kaupi Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus kaupii Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus kempae Frederickson and Cifelli 2017
†Ceratodus kirklandi Frederickson and Cifelli 2017
†Ceratodus kranzi Frederickson et al. 2016
†Ceratodus kurrii Meyer and Plieninger 1844
†Ceratodus latissimus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus madelungi Volz 1896
†Ceratodus minor Liu and Yeh 1957
†Ceratodus minutus Haug 1905
†Ceratodus molossus Frederickson and Cifelli 2017
†Ceratodus nageshwarai Shah and Satsangi 1970
†Ceratodus nargun Kemp 1983
†Ceratodus nirumbee Frederickson and Cifelli 2017
†Ceratodus obtusus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus orenburgensis Minikh 1977
†Ceratodus palaeoruncinatus Frentzen 1924
†Ceratodus palmatus Meyer and Plieninger 1844
†Ceratodus parvus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus pectinatus Tabaste 1963
†Ceratodus phillipsi Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus planasper Linck 1962
†Ceratodus planus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus priscus Fraas 1904
†Ceratodus protopteroides Tabaste 1963
†Ceratodus recticristatus Vorobyeva and Minikh 1968
†Ceratodus robustus Knight 1898
†Ceratodus runcinatus Meyer and Plieninger 1844
†Ceratodus shenmuensis Liu and Yeh 1960
†Ceratodus silesiacus Roemer 1870
†Ceratodus stewarti Milner and Kirkland 2006
†Ceratodus trapezoides Meyer and Plieninger 1844
†Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste 1963
†Ceratodus tunuensis Agnolin et al. 2018
†Ceratodus vinslovii Cope 1875
†Ceratodus weissmanni Meyer and Plieninger 1844
†Ceratodus wollastoni Chapman 1914
†Ceratodus youngi Liu and Yeh 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available