Potamoceratodus Temporal range: 157–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Tooth plate at the Cincinnati Museum Center | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Class: | Dipnoi |
Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
Family: | †Ceratodontidae |
Genus: | †Potamoceratodus Pardo et al., 2010 |
Type species | |
†P. guentheri (Marsh, 1878) | |
Synonyms | |
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Potamoceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish belonging to the family Ceratodontidae known from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA. It was first named by Jason D. Pardo, Adam K. Huttenlocker, Bryan J. Small and Mark A. Gorman II in 2010 and the type species is Potamoceratodus guentheri.
References
- ^ Jason D. Pardo; Adam K. Huttenlocker; Bryan J. Small; Mark A. Gorman II (2010). "The cranial morphology of a new genus of lungfish (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (5): 1352–1359. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1352P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501430. S2CID 86394597.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Potamoceratodus |
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- Jurassic bony fish
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- Fossil taxa described in 2010
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