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Ceratodontidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ceratodontidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (1.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. I. Kirkland. 1987. Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous lungfish tooth plates from the Western Interior, the last dipnoan faunas of North America. Hunteria 2(2):1-16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ceratodontinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ariguna ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ceratodus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 139 | 252 Ma Permian | 58.7 Ma Paleocene | |
| Epiceratodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lupaceradotus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Metaceratodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Microceratodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 252 Ma Permian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Paraceratodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 252 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Tellerodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1872 | Ceratodontidae Gill |
| 1902 | Ceratodontidae Hay p. 355 |
| 1982 | Ceratodontidae Martin p. 614 |
| 1987 | Ceratodontidae Kirkland p. 2 |
| 1993 | Ceratodontidae Schultze |
| 2004 | Ceratodontidae Heckert p. 42 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2004 | Ceratodontidae Schultze p. 474 |
| 2006 | Ceratodontidae Churcher et al. |
| 2011 | Ceratodontidae Shimada and Kirkland |
| 2015 | Ceratodontidae Louys and Price p. 553 |
| 2018 | Ceratodontidae Agnolin et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
