Biology:Retodus
From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Retodus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Restoration of Retodus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
|
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | Dipnoi
|
| Family: | |
| Genus: | †Retodus Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Retodus tuberculatus Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Comparison of Retodus (top) with the contemporaneous Stomatosuchus (center) Laganosuchus (bottom)
Retodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish found in Cretaceous-aged freshwater strata of Egypt (Baharija Formation), Algeria and Niger.[1][2] The type species, R. tuberculatus, was named in 2006.[3][4] It was originally named as a species of Ceratodus and Neoceratodus in 1963.[5]
Description
Tooth plates of R. tuberculatus are characterised by four transverse ridges, broadly rounded crests, a reticular pattern of ridges and hollows, and large adult size.[3]
See also
- Sarcopterygii
- List of sarcopterygians
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Retodus". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=385921.
- ↑ "A titan with skin-problems" (in en). 18 September 2014. https://www.deviantart.com/hyrotrioskjan/art/A-titan-with-skin-problems-483171269.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Churcher, Charles & De Iuliis, Gerry & Kleindienst, Maxine. (2006). A new genus for the Dipnoan species Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste, 1963. Geodiversitas. 28. 635-647.
- ↑ Retodus - Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-08-07.
- ↑ Tabaste, N. (1963). — Études de restes de poissons du Crétacé saharien, in Mélanges ichthyologiques dédiés à la mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865). Mémoires de l’Institut français d’Afrique noire 68: 475-485.
Wikidata ☰ Q15715724 entry
 |  |
