Description
Cretaceous Lungfish Tooth
- Ceratodus sp.
- Cretaceous Age
- Found near Taouz, Morocco
- North Africa
- Specimen measures 1.11″ long
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Ceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish. It has been described as a “catch all”, and a “form genus” used to refer to the remains (typically toothplates) of a variety of lungfish belonging to the extinct family Ceratodontidae.
The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), also known as the Queensland lungfish, Burnett salmon and barramunda, is the only surviving member of the family Neoceratodontidae. It is one of only six extant lungfish species in the world. Endemic to Australia, the Neoceratodontidae are an ancient family belonging to the class Sarcopterygii, or lobe-finned fishes.
By Heinrich Harder (1858-1935)
