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Metaceratodus

Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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Species

The seven identified species of Metaceratodus are listed below, while an eighth unnamed species is known from Poland:[7]

  • cf. Metaceratodus sp.
  • Metaceratodus baibianorum
  • Metaceratodus bonei
  • Metaceratodus ellioti
  • Metaceratodus kaopen (=Ptychoceratodus kaopen, P. cionei)
  • Metaceratodus palmeri
  • Metaceratodus wichmanni (=Ceratodus wichmanni)
  • Metaceratodus wollastoni

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