Potamoceratodus
Extinct genus of fishes
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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: | |
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| Tooth plate at the Cincinnati Museum Center | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
| Family: | †Ceratodontidae |
| Genus: | †Potamoceratodus Pardo et al., 2010 |
| Type species | |
| †P. guentheri (Marsh, 1878) | |
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