Mioceratodus

Mioceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish in the family Neoceratodontidae, which also contains the extant Queensland lungfish.[1] It is known only from Oligocene and Miocene-aged sediments in Australia, although phylogenetic evidence supports it having first diverged from its closest relative, Neoceratodus, during the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous period.[2][3]

Mioceratodus
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene (but see text)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Order:
Dipnoi
Family:
Neoceratodontidae
Genus:
†Mioceratodus

Kemp, 1992
Species

See text

4 species are known from this genus:[4]

  • †Mioceratodus anemosyrus
  • †Mioceratodus diaphorus
  • †Mioceratodus gregoryi
  • †Mioceratodus poastrus

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

References
  1. Consequences of Traumatic injury in Fossil and Recent Dipnoan Dentitions. Kemp, A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. vol, 21. issue 1. 2001. pg 13-23.
  2. "Search Museums Victoria's collections". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  3. Kemp, Anne; Cavin, Lionel; Guinot, Guillaume (2017-04-01). "Evolutionary history of lungfishes with a new phylogeny of post-Devonian genera". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 471: 209–219. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.051. ISSN 0031-0182.
  4. "Fossilworks: Mioceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-10-21.


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