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Ceratodontidae
Taxonomy
Ceratodontidae was named by Gill (1872). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sirenoidei by Hay (1902); to Ceratodontoidea by Apesteguia et al. (2007); to Dipnoi by Cione and Gouiric-Cavalli (2012); to Ceratodontiformes by Kirkland (1987), Churcher and De Iuliis (2001), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Churcher et al. (2006), Shimada and Kirkland (2011), Apesteguía et al. (2012) and Nelson et al. (2016); to Dipnoi by Heckert (2004), Louys and Price (2015) and Agnolin et al. (2018); to Ceratodontoidei by Schultze (1993), Schultze (2004) and Panzeri et al. (2022); and to Dipnoi by Martin (1982), Previtera and González Riga (2008), Panzeri et al. (2020) and Panzeri (2023).
It was assigned to Sirenoidei by Hay (1902); to Ceratodontoidea by Apesteguia et al. (2007); to Dipnoi by Cione and Gouiric-Cavalli (2012); to Ceratodontiformes by Kirkland (1987), Churcher and De Iuliis (2001), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Churcher et al. (2006), Shimada and Kirkland (2011), Apesteguía et al. (2012) and Nelson et al. (2016); to Dipnoi by Heckert (2004), Louys and Price (2015) and Agnolin et al. (2018); to Ceratodontoidei by Schultze (1993), Schultze (2004) and Panzeri et al. (2022); and to Dipnoi by Martin (1982), Previtera and González Riga (2008), Panzeri et al. (2020) and Panzeri (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Ceratodontidae Gill |
| 1902 | Ceratodontidae Hay p. 355 |
| 1982 | Ceratodontidae Martin p. 614 |
| 1987 | Ceratodontidae Kirkland p. 2 |
| 1993 | Ceratodontidae Schultze |
| 2001 | Ceratodontidae Churcher and De Iuliis |
| 2004 | Ceratodontidae Heckert p. 42 |
| 2004 | Ceratodontidae Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 260 |
| 2004 | Ceratodontidae Schultze p. 474 |
| 2006 | Ceratodontidae Churcher et al. |
| 2007 | Ceratodontidae Apesteguia et al. |
| 2008 | Ceratodontidae Previtera and González Riga |
| 2011 | Ceratodontidae Shimada and Kirkland |
| 2012 | Ceratodontidae Apesteguía et al. |
| 2012 | Ceratodontidae Cione and Gouiric-Cavalli p. 205 |
| 2015 | Ceratodontidae Louys and Price p. 553 |
| 2016 | Ceratodontidae Nelson et al. p. 109 |
| 2018 | Ceratodontidae Agnolin et al. |
| 2020 | Ceratodontidae Panzeri et al. |
| 2022 | Ceratodontidae Panzeri et al. p. 818 |
| 2023 | Ceratodontidae Panzeri |
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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. Ceratodontidae Gill 1872
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G. †Atlantoceratodus Cione et al. 2007
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†Atlantoceratodus iheringi Ameghino 1906
†Atlantoceratodus patagonicus Agnolín 2010
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 gibbus Agassiz 1838
†Ceratodus guentheri Marsh 1878
†Ceratodus guilielmi Meyer and Plieninger 1844
†Ceratodus gustasoni Kirkland 1987
†Ceratodus heshanggouensis Cheng 1980
†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 madagascariensis Priem 1924
†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 paucicristatus Cope 1877
†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 rectangularis Linck 1936
†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 sturii Teller 1891
†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
†Ceratodus yuanjianhensis Hubei 1977
G. †Metaceratodus Chapman 1914
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†Metaceratodus baibianorum Panzeri et al. 2020
†Metaceratodus bonei Kemp 1997
†Metaceratodus ellioti Kemp 1997
†Metaceratodus kaopen Apesteguia et al. 2007
†Metaceratodus palmeri Krefft 1874
†Metaceratodus wichmanni Apesteguía and Agnolin 2007
†Metaceratodus wollastoni Chapman 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (173 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Induan | Australia (Tasmania) | Ceratodus sp. (136589 136590 136591) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Antarctica | Ceratodus sp. (217300) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Angola | Ceratodus angolensis (131052) | |
| Spathian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Ceratodus sp. (120222) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Microceratodus sp., Ceratodus jechartiensis (27343) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) | Microceratodus angolensis (154183) | |
| Anisian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | Ceratodus recticristatus (97415) | |
| Anisian | United Kingdom (England) | Ceratodus laevissimus (57944) Ceratodus sp. (97695) | |
| Anisian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Ceratodus gracilis, Ceratodus jechartiensis, Ceratodus recticristatus (28850) Ceratodus gracilis, Ceratodus recticristatus (97409) Ceratodus recticristatus, Ceratodus bucobaensis (189562) | |
| Bithynian | USA (Nevada) | Ceratodus sp. (93564) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Ceratodus sp. (185024) Metaceratodus sp. (85081) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mali (Gao) | Ceratodus humei (206854) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | Ceratodus sp. (178660) Ceratodus tuberculatus, Osteichthyes indet. (48868) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Ceratodontidae indet. (191131) Metaceratodus baibanorum (99438 208435 216698) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Ceratodus sp. (12855) | |
| Paleocene | Saudi Arabia (Makkah) | Ceratodus humei (140965) | |
| Thanetian | Niger | Ceratodus casieri (229530) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Peru (Puno) | Ceratodus sp. (28230) | |
| Ypresian | Argentina (Chubut) | Ceratodontidae indet. (133040) | |
| Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Epiceratodus sp. (227021) | |