Ceratodus casieri Cappetta 1972 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1972. Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata 5:179-251

Belongs to Ceratodus according to H.-P. Schultze 2004

See also Cappetta 1972

Sister taxa: Ceratodus altus, Ceratodus americanus, Ceratodus arenaceus, Ceratodus argentinus, Ceratodus avus, Ceratodus bicornis, Ceratodus bovisrivi, Ceratodus brasiliensis, Ceratodus bucobaensis, Ceratodus capensis, Ceratodus carinatus, Ceratodus cloacinus, Ceratodus curvus, Ceratodus daedaleus, Ceratodus disauris, Ceratodus diutinus, Ceratodus elegans, Ceratodus emarginatus, Ceratodus facetidens, Ceratodus favosus, Ceratodus felchi, Ceratodus frazieri, Ceratodus gibbus, Ceratodus guentheri, Ceratodus guilielmi, Ceratodus gustasoni, Ceratodus heshanggouensis, Ceratodus heteromorphus, Ceratodus hislopianus, Ceratodus humei, Ceratodus hunterianus, Ceratodus jechartiensis, Ceratodus kannemeyeri, Ceratodus kaupi, Ceratodus kaupii, Ceratodus kempae, Ceratodus kirklandi, Ceratodus kranzi, Ceratodus kurrii, Ceratodus latissimus, Ceratodus madagascariensis, Ceratodus madelungi, Ceratodus minor, Ceratodus minutus, Ceratodus molossus, Ceratodus nageshwarai, Ceratodus nargun, Ceratodus nirumbee, Ceratodus obtusus, Ceratodus orenburgensis, Ceratodus palaeoruncinatus, Ceratodus palmatus, Ceratodus parvus, Ceratodus paucicristatus, Ceratodus pectinatus, Ceratodus phillipsi, Ceratodus planasper, Ceratodus planus, Ceratodus priscus, Ceratodus protopteroides, Ceratodus rectangularis, Ceratodus recticristatus, Ceratodus robustus, Ceratodus runcinatus, Ceratodus shenmuensis, Ceratodus silesiacus, Ceratodus stewarti, Ceratodus sturii, Ceratodus trapezoides, Ceratodus tuberculatus, Ceratodus tunuensis, Ceratodus vinslovii, Ceratodus weissmanni, Ceratodus wollastoni, Ceratodus youngi, Ceratodus yuanjianhensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sessao, which is in a Thanetian marginal marine marl in Niger

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sessao

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