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Neoceratodus africanus

Dipnomorpha - Neoceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus africanus was named by Haug (1905). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neoceratodus africanus by Martin (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Ceratodus africanus Haug p. 819
1943Ceratodus africanus Arambourg and Joleaud p. 45
1963Ceratodus africanus Tabaste p. 441
1981Ceratodus africanus Martin p. 274
1982Neoceratodus africanus Martin p. 612
2004Ceratodus africanus Schultze p. 489

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderCeratodontae
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
familyNeoceratodontidae
genusNeoceratodusCastelnau 1876
speciesafricanus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:01:24
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:01:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Cenomanian or 157.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Ceratodus africanus (83735)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian145.0 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (25222)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) Ceratodus africanus (166013)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Niger (Agadez) Ceratodus sp. (77189)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Tunisia (Médenine) Neoceratodus africanus (67203)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Algeria Ceratodus africanus (187588)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (206853)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Ceratodus africanus (59578)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Neoceratodus africanus (224512 224513)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Ceratodus sp. (56365)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) Ceratodus sp. (59341)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) Ceratodus africanus (75235 75238)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Neoceratodus africanus (163917 163918)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Al Jizah) Ceratodus africanus (25126)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (227231)