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Ceratodus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54495	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54495

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ceratodontidae : Ceratodus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnoi	Müller 1884
family	Ceratodontidae	Gill 1872
genus	Ceratodus	Agassiz 1838

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Ceratodontidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Dipnoi	stated with evidence	Stensiö, 1921
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Protoceratodontidae	stated without evidence	Miles, 1977
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Ceratodontidae	stated with evidence	Martin, 1979
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Ceratodontidae	stated without evidence	Murry, 1986
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Ptychoceratodontidae	stated without evidence	Cione, 1987
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Ceratodontidae	stated without evidence	Schultze, 1993
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Ceratodontidae	stated with evidence	Churcher and De Iuliis, 2001
Ceratodus	genus	belongs to Ceratodontidae	stated without evidence	Schultze, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

58.7 - 48.6 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 11). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ceratodus altus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus americanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ceratodus arenaceus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus avus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ceratodus bovisrivi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus brasiliensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus bucobaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Ceratodus capensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus carinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus casieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus cloacinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus curvus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus daedaleus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus disauris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus diutinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus emarginatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus facetidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus favosus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus felchi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Ceratodus frazieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus gibbus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus guentheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ceratodus guilielmi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Ceratodus gustasoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus heshanggouensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus heteromorphus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus hislopianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus humei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus hunterianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus iheringi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus jechartiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Ceratodus kannemeyeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus kaupi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	242 Ma Middle Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus kaupii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus kempae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus kirklandi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus kranzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ceratodus kurrii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus latissimus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus madagascariensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus madelungi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus minutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus molossus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus nageshwarai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Ceratodus nargun ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ceratodus nirumbee ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus obtusus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus orenburgensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Ceratodus palaeoruncinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus palmatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus parvus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus paucicristatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus pectinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ceratodus phillipsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ceratodus planasper ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Ceratodus planus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus priscus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus protopteroides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ceratodus rectangularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus recticristatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Ceratodus robustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus runcinatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Ceratodus shenmuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus stewarti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus trapezoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus tuberculatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	8	145 Ma Late Jurassic	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus tunuensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ceratodus vinslovii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus weissmanni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus wollastoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus youngi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ceratodus yuanjianhensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1838	Ceratodus Agassiz p. 129
1902	Ceratodus Hay p. 355
1921	Ceratodus Stensiö
1977	Ceratodus Miles
1979	Ceratodus Martin p. 91
1981	Ceratodus Martin p. 23
1982	Ceratodus Martin p. 612
1986	Ceratodus Murry

Year	Name and Author
1987	Ceratodus Cione p. 115
1987	Ceratodus Kirkland p. 5
1993	Ceratodus Schultze
2001	Ceratodus Churcher and De Iuliis p. 310
2004	Ceratodus Schultze p. 474
2011	Ceratodus Shimada and Kirkland
2018	Ceratodus Agnolin et al.

References

Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 11). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, 73-140

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Stensiö E. A. (1921) , Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I, 1-307

Miles R. S. (1977) Dipnoan (lungfish) skulls and the relationships of the group: a study based on new species from the Devonian of Australia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61, 1-328

Martin M. (1979) Arganodus atlantis et Ceratodus arganensis, deux nouveaux Dipneustes du Trias supérieur continental marocain [Arganodus atlantis and Ceratodus arganensis, two new dipnoans from the continental Moroccan Upper Triassic], Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 289, 89-92

Martin M. (1981) Les Dipneustes et Actinistiens du Trias supérieur continental marocain [The dipnoans and actinistians of the Moroccan continental Upper Triassic], Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 69, 1-30

Martin M. (1982) Nouvelles données sur la phylogénie et la systématique des dipneustes postpaléozoïques [New data on the phylogeny and systematics of post-Paleozoic dipnoans], Comptes Rendues de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Série II 294, 611-614

Murry P. A. (1986) Vertebrate paleontology of the Dockum Group, western Texas and eastern New Mexico, The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 109-137

Cione A. L. (1987) The Late Cretaceous fauna of Los Alamitos, Patagonia, Argentina part II—the fishes, Revista del Museo Argentina de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 3 3, 111-120

Kirkland J. I. (1987) Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous lungfish tooth plates from the Western Interior, the last dipnoan faunas of North America, Hunteria 2 2, 1-16

Schultze H.-P. (1993) Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii, The Fossil Record 2, 657-663

Churcher C. S., De Iuliis G. (2001) A new species of Protopterus and a revision of Ceratodus humei (Dipnoi: Ceratodontiformes) from the Late Cretaceous Mut Formation of eastern Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt, Palaeontology 44 2, 305-323

Schultze H.-P. (2004) Mesozoic sarcopterygians, Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity, 463-492

Agnolin F. L., Mateus O., et al (2018) Ceratodus tunuensis, sp. nov., a new lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Upper Triassic of central East Greenland, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 2, e1439834 doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1439834

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