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Neoceratodontidae

Dipnomorpha - Neoceratodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Neoceratodontidae Miles
1982Neoceratodontidae Martin p. 614
1993Neoceratodontidae Schultze
2004Neoceratodontidae Schultze p. 474
2007Neoceratodontidae Apesteguia et al.
2013Neoceratodontidae Betancur et al.
2015Neoceratodontidae Louys and Price p. 554
2016Neoceratodontidae Nelson et al. p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderCeratodontae
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
familyNeoceratodontidae
familyNeoceratodontidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Neoceratodontidae Miles 1977
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G. †Asiatoceratodus Vorobyeva 1967
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Asiatoceratodus sharovi Vorobyeva 1967
G. †Mioceratodus Kemp 1992
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Mioceratodus gregoryi White 1925
Mioceratodus poastrus Kemp 1997
G. Neoceratodus Castelnau 1876 [Queensland lungfish]
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Neoceratodus djelleh Kemp 1982
Neoceratodus eyrensis White 1925
Neoceratodus gregoryi White 1925
Neoceratodus nargun Kemp 1983
Neoceratodus palmeri Krefft 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:01:24
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:01:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 152.10000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Asiatoceratodus tiguidiensis (102298) Ceratodus africanus (83735)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ethiopia (Shewa) Asiatoceratodus tiguidensis (48841)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ethiopia Asiatoceratodus tiguidensis (48831)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Neoceratodus sp. (59355)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian145.0 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (25222)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) Ceratodus africanus (166013)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Niger (Agadez) Ceratodus sp. (77189)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Neoceratodus nargun (38538 38541) Neoceratodus sp. (51961)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Tunisia (Médenine) Neoceratodus africanus (67203)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Algeria Ceratodus africanus (187588)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (206853)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Ceratodus africanus (59578)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Neoceratodus africanus (224512 224513)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) Ceratodus sp. (59341)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Asiatoceratodus tiguidiensis, Ceratodus sp. (56365)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) Ceratodus africanus (75235 75238)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Neoceratodus africanus (163917 163918)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Al Jizah) Ceratodus africanus (25126)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) Ceratodus africanus (227231)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Neoceratodus sp. (57000)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Neoceratodus sp. 1, Neoceratodus sp. 2, Neoceratodus sp. 3, Neoceratodus sp. 4, Neoceratodus forsteri, Neoceratodus eyrensis, Neoceratodus gregoryi, Neoceratodus nargun, Neoceratodus djelleh (51412) Neoceratodus sp. 1, Neoceratodus sp. 4, Neoceratodus eyrensis, Neoceratodus gregoryi, Neoceratodus djelleh (45652 51413)