Mioceratodus
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| Mioceratodus Temporal range: | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
| Family: | Neoceratodontidae |
| Genus: | †Mioceratodus Kemp, 1992 |
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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]
4 species are known from this genus:[4]
- †Mioceratodus anemosyrus
- †Mioceratodus diaphorus
- †Mioceratodus gregoryi
- †Mioceratodus poastrus
