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Metaceratodus Temporal range: Late Triassic-Late Cretaceous, 221.5–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Norian-Maastrichtian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Dipnoi
Order:	Ceratodontiformes
Family:	†Ceratodontidae
Genus:	†Metaceratodus Chapman, 1914
Species
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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 and more complete specimens known from the Late Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia and Argentina (Malargue Group). The genus was named and described by Frederick Chapman in 1914.

Species

The seven identified species of Metaceratodus are listed below, while an eighth unnamed species is known from Poland:

• 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

• Sarcopterygii
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. 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.
2. "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
3. 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.
4. 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
5. Chapman, F. (1914). Australasian Fossils. A Students’ Manual of Palaeontology 1-341
6. Chapman, F. (1914) Australian Fossils. Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and London. Project Gutenberg eBook 59074
7. "Fossilworks: Metaceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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