Mioceratodus

Extinct genus of fishes

Mioceratodus
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene (but see text)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Neoceratodontidae
Genus: Mioceratodus
Kemp, 1992
Species

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Mioceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish in the family Neoceratodontidae, which also contains the extant Queensland lungfish.[1] It is known only from Oligocene and Miocene-aged sediments in Australia, although phylogenetic evidence supports it having first diverged from its closest relative, Neoceratodus, during the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous period.[2][3]

4 species are known from this genus:[4]

  • Mioceratodus anemosyrus
  • Mioceratodus diaphorus
  • Mioceratodus gregoryi
  • Mioceratodus poastrus

See also

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References

  1. ^ Consequences of Traumatic injury in Fossil and Recent Dipnoan Dentitions. Kemp, A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. vol, 21. issue 1. 2001. pg 13-23.
  2. ^ "Search Museums Victoria's collections". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  3. ^ Kemp, Anne; Cavin, Lionel; Guinot, Guillaume (2017-04-01). "Evolutionary history of lungfishes with a new phylogeny of post-Devonian genera". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 471: 209–219. Bibcode:2017PPP...471..209K. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.051. ISSN 0031-0182.
  4. ^ "Fossilworks: Mioceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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