Potamoceratodus
| Potamoceratodus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Subclass: | Dipnoi |
| Genus: | Potamoceratodus Pardo et al., 2010 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ceratodus guentheri Marsh, 1878 | |
Potamoceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish which existed in what is now Colorado, USA, during the late Jurassic period.[1] It was first named by Jason D. Pardo, Adam K. Huttenlocker, Bryan J. Small and Mark A. Gorman II in 2010 and the type species is Potamoceratodus guentheri.[1]
References
- 1 2 Jason D. Pardo; Adam K. Huttenlocker; Bryan J. Small; Mark A. Gorman II (2010). "The cranial morphology of a new genus of lungfish (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (5): 1352–1359. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501430.
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