Metaceratodus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Dipnoi |
Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
Family: | † Ceratodontidae |
Genus: | †
Metaceratodus Chapman, 1914 |
Species | |
See text |
Metaceratodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish in the family Ceratodontidae, with an indeterminate specimen known from the Late Triassic ( Norian)-aged Lissauer Breccia of Poland [1] and more complete specimens known from the Late Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia and Argentina ( Malargue Group). [2] [3] [4] The genus was named and described by Frederick Chapman in 1914. [5] [6]
The seven identified species of Metaceratodus are listed below, while an eighth unnamed species is known from Poland: [7]
Metaceratodus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Dipnoi |
Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
Family: | † Ceratodontidae |
Genus: | †
Metaceratodus Chapman, 1914 |
Species | |
See text |
Metaceratodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish in the family Ceratodontidae, with an indeterminate specimen known from the Late Triassic ( Norian)-aged Lissauer Breccia of Poland [1] and more complete specimens known from the Late Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia and Argentina ( Malargue Group). [2] [3] [4] The genus was named and described by Frederick Chapman in 1914. [5] [6]
The seven identified species of Metaceratodus are listed below, while an eighth unnamed species is known from Poland: [7]