Osteichthyes - Ceratodontiformes - Arganodontidae
Alternative combination: Ceratodus tiguidiensis
Full reference: N. Tabaste. 1963. Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous]. Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68:437-485
Belongs to Arganodus according to M. Martin 1982
See also Martin 1981, Murry 1989, Schultze 2004 and Tabaste 1963
Sister taxa: Arganodus arganensis, Arganodus atlantis, Arganodus dorotheae, Arganodus multicristatus
Type specimen: \lNHNP HGS G4, a tooth
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Niger (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Uruguay (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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