Biology:Potamoceratodus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Potamoceratodus | |
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| File:Potamoceratodus.jpg | |
| Tooth plate at the Cincinnati Museum Center | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
| Family: | †Ceratodontidae |
| Genus: | †Potamoceratodus Pardo et al., 2010 |
| Type species | |
| †P. guentheri (Marsh, 1878) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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, United States of America .[1] 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.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501430. Bibcode: 2010JVPal..30.1352P.
Wikidata ☰ Q7234623 entry
