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Ceratodus tuberculatus
Taxonomy
Ceratodus tuberculatus was named by Tabaste (1963). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ebrechko, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Irhazer Shales Formation of Niger.
It was recombined as Neoceratodus tuberculatus by Martin (1982); it was recombined as Retodus tuberculatus by Churcher et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Neoceratodus tuberculatus by Martin (1982); it was recombined as Retodus tuberculatus by Churcher et al. (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste p. 444 |
| 1982 | Neoceratodus tuberculatus Martin p. 612 |
| 2004 | Ceratodus tuberculatus Schultze p. 489 |
| 2006 | Retodus tuberculatus Churcher et al. |
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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.
†Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 145.00000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | Niger (Agadez) | Ceratodus tuberculatus (type locality: 25193) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Algeria (Adrar) | Ceratodus tuberculatus (206859) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Mali (Kidal) | Ceratodus tuberculatus (206857) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Agadez) | Ceratodus tuberculatus (25356 141305) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | Neoceratodus tuberculatus (38682) | |
| Middle Campanian | Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) | Ceratodus tuberculatus (54082) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | Ceratodus tuberculatus (48868) |