Metaceratodus

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Metaceratodus
Temporal range: Late Triassic-Late Cretaceous,
221.5–66  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family:† Ceratodontidae
Genus:† Metaceratodus
Chapman, 1914
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Metaceratodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish in the family Ceratodontidae, with an indeterminate specimen known from the Late Triassic (Norian)-aged Lissauer Breccia of Poland [1] and more complete specimens known from the Late Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia and Argentina (Malargue Group). [2] [3] [4] The genus was named and described by Frederick Chapman in 1914. [5] [6]

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Species

The seven identified species of Metaceratodus are listed below, while an eighth unnamed species is known from Poland: [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Czepiński, Ł.; Dróżdż, D.; Szczygielski, T.; Tałanda, M.; Pawlak, W.; Lewczuk, A.; Rytel, A.; Sulej, T. (2021). "An Upper Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrate Assemblage from the Forgotten Kocury Locality (Poland) with a New Aetosaur Taxon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (1) e1898977. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E8977C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1898977. S2CID   233522981.
  2. ↑ "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Kemp, A. (1997-04-16). "Four species of Metaceratodus (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi, Family Ceratodontidae) from Australian Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 26–33. Bibcode:1997JVPal..17...26K. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010949. ISSN   0272-4634.
  4. ↑ Gonzalez Riga, B. J. (1999). Hallazgo de vertebrados fósiles en la Formación Loncoche, Cretácico Superior de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Ameghiniana 36:401-410
  5. ↑ Chapman, F. (1914). Australasian Fossils. A Students' Manual of Palaeontology 1-341
  6. ↑ Chapman, F. (1914) Australian Fossils. Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and London. Project Gutenberg eBook 59074
  7. ↑ "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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