Microceratodus

Extinct genus of fishes

Microceratodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Ceratodontidae
Genus: Microceratodus
Teixeira, 1954
Type species
Ceratodus angolensis
Teixeira, 1949

Microceratodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Antunes, Miguel Telles; Maisey, John Graham; Marques, Manuel Monteiro; Schaeffer, Bobb; Thomson, Keith Stewart (1990). "Triassic fishes from the Cassange depression (R. P. de Angola)". Ciências da Terra Procedia. Volume Especial. 1: 29–33.
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Dipnomorpha
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Class: Sarcopterygii
  • Clade: Rhipidistia
Gnathostomata
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Dipnomorpha
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Porolepiformes
Holoptychiidae
Uranolophidae
Dipnorhynchidae
Stomiahykidae
Chirodipteridae
Holodontidae
Dipteridae
Fleurantiidae
Rhynchodipteridae
Phaneropleuridae
Uronemidae
Neoceratodontidae
Ceratodontidae
Gnathorhizidae
Lepidosirenidae
Porolepis sp.

Dipterus valenciennesi Phaneropleuron andersoni Neoceratodus forsteri Retodus tuberculatus Gnathorhiza sp. Protopterus dolloi

Lepidosiren paradoxa
Taxon identifiers
Microceratodus


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