Ceratodus

Ceratodus
Temporal range: Olenekian-Eocene (Ypresian)
Illustration of Ceratodus by Heinrich Harder
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Ceratodontidae
Genus: Ceratodus
Agassiz, 1837
Type species
Ceratodus latissimus
Agassiz, 1837
Other species

Many more, see text

Ceratodus (from Greek: κέρας kéras, 'horn' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth') is an extinct genus of lungfish. It has been described as a "catch all", and a "form genus" used to refer to the remains (typically toothplates) of a variety of lungfish belonging to the extinct family Ceratodontidae. Fossil evidence dates back to the Early Triassic. A wide range of fossil species from different time periods have been found around the world in places such as the United States, Argentina, Greenland, England, Germany, Egypt, Madagascar, China, and Australia. Ceratodus is believed to have become extinct sometime around the beginning of the Eocene Epoch.

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