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Ceratodus stewarti

Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ceratodus stewarti was named by Milner and Kirkland (2006). Its type specimen is UMNH-VP 16027, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ceratodus stewarti Milner and Kirkland p. 515–516 fig. 7B
2017Ceratodus stewarti Frederickson and Cifelli p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyCeratodontidaeGill 1872
genusCeratodus
speciesstewarti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ceratodus stewarti Milner and Kirkland 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Frederickson and R. L. Cifelli 2017Lower tooth plates with four primary ridges (the fourth ridge being twinned); upper tooth plate has five ridges with the fifth being twinned; both upper and lower tooth plates have relatively tall ridges, with C1 Cp angle being slightly acute.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available