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Ceratodontidae

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Description

The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), also known as the Queensland lungfish, Burnett salmon and barramunda, is a surviving member of the family Neoceratodontidae and order Ceratodontiformes. It is one of only six extant lungfish species in the world. Endemic to Australia, the Neoceratodontidae are an ancient family belonging to the class Sarcopterygii, or lobe-finned fishes.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2179https://www.gbif.org/species/2179
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
-Dipnomorpha
superorderCeratodontae
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
familyCeratodontidae
Scientific NameCeratodontidae
Common Name(s) Australian Lungfishes, Australian Lungfish
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratodontidae

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Archaeoceratodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Arganodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
58251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Ariguna
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Ceratodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
139252 Ma
Permian
58.7 Ma
Paleocene
Gosfordia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Lupaceradotus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Metaceratodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Microceratodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mioceratodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paraceratodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Tellerodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

References

Gill, Theodore, 1872: Arrangement of the families of fishes, or classes Pisces, Marsipobranchii, and Leptocardii. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 247. 1-49. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species
Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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