Extinct genus of fishes
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]
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
See also
References
^ Czepiński, Ł.; Dróżdż, D.; Szczygielski, T.; Tałanda, M.; Pawlak, W.; Lewczuk, A.; Rytel, A.; Sulej, T. (2021). "An Upper Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrate Assemblage from the Forgotten Kocury Locality (Poland) with a New Aetosaur Taxon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 41 (1): e1898977. Bibcode :2021JVPal..41E8977C . doi :10.1080/02724634.2021.1898977 . S2CID 233522981 .
^ "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus" . fossilworks.org . Retrieved 17 December 2021 .
^ Kemp, A. (1997-04-16). "Four species of Metaceratodus (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi, Family Ceratodontidae) from Australian Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 17 (1): 26– 33. Bibcode :1997JVPal..17...26K . doi :10.1080/02724634.1997.10010949 . ISSN 0272-4634 .
^ Gonzalez Riga, B. J. (1999). Hallazgo de vertebrados fósiles en la Formación Loncoche, Cretácico Superior de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Ameghiniana 36:401-410
^ Chapman, F. (1914). Australasian Fossils. A Students’ Manual of Palaeontology 1-341
^ Chapman, F. (1914) Australian Fossils . Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and London. Project Gutenberg eBook 59074
^ "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus" . fossilworks.org . Retrieved 17 December 2021 .