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Ceratodus latissimus

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus latissimus was named by Agassiz (1838). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff, which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Ceratodus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ceratodus latissimus Agassiz p. 131 figs. Pl 20, figs 8,9
1891Ceratodus latissimus Woodward p. 265
1894Ceratodus latissimus Browne p. 749
1902Ceratodus latissimus Hay p. 355
1982Ceratodus latissimus Martin p. 611
2004Ceratodus latissimus Schultze p. 489
2007Ceratodus latissimus Apesteguia et al.
2016Ceratodus latissimus Frederickson et al.

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

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 latissimus Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
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