Potamoceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish belonging to the family Ceratodontidae known from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA.[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]

Potamoceratodus
Temporal range: 157–145 Ma
Tooth plate at the Cincinnati Museum Center
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Ceratodontidae
Genus: Potamoceratodus
Pardo et al., 2010
Type species
P. guentheri (Marsh, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceratodus guentheri Marsh, 1878
  • Ptychoceratodus guentheri (Marsh, 1878)
  • Ceratodus felchi Kirkland, 1987

References edit

  1. ^ a b c 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. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1352P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501430. S2CID 86394597.