Ferganoceratodus

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Dipnoi
Genus:Ferganoceratodus
Nessov & Kaznyshkin, 1985
Ferganoceratodus
Temporal range: Early Triassic–Coniacian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Genus: Ferganoceratodus
Nessov & Kaznyshkin, 1985
Type species
Ferganoceratodus jurassicus
Kaznyshkin and Nessov, 1985
Species

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Ferganoceratodus (from Fergana + Ceratodus) is a genus of prehistoric freshwater lungfish known from worldwide during the Mesozoic. Based on morphological evidence, it has either been recovered as a basal member of the Ceratodontiformes or to be the sister group of the Neoceratodontidae (containing the extant Australian lungfish).[1][2]

Challands et al (2023) defined synapomorphies of the genus as being a pterygoid tooth plate with five to six ridges, a prearticular tooth plate with four to five ridges, three bones on the medial skull roof series, and two bones on the calvarium. Under this definition, the genus is significantly expanded. However, most of these placements are only tentative.[3]

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