Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste 1963 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Alternative combinations: Neoceratodus tuberculatus, Retodus tuberculatus

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 Ceratodus according to N. Tabaste 1963

See also Churcher et al. 2006, Martin 1982 and Schultze 2004

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 casieri, 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 tunuensis, Ceratodus vinslovii, Ceratodus weissmanni, Ceratodus wollastoni, Ceratodus youngi, Ceratodus yuanjianhensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ebrechko, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Irhazer Shales Formation of Niger

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Egypt (1), Mali (1), Niger (4), Sudan (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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