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Ferganoceratodus

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Ferganoceratodus
Temporal range: 209.2–140 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Suborder: Ceratodontoidei
Genus: Ferganoceratodus
Nessov & Kaznyshkin, 1985

Ferganoceratodus is a genus of prehistoric lungfish known from the Mesozoic of Asia and Africa. 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]

Species

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The following species are currently classified in the genus:[3][4]

  • Ferganoceratodus annekempae Cavin, Deesri & Chanthasit, 2020 (named after Anne Kemp) Phu Kradung Formation, Thailand, Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous
  • Ferganoceratodus edwardsi[5] Challands et al., 2024 Late Triassic (Norian)
  • Ferganoceratodus jurassicus Nessov and Kaznyshkin, 1985 Balabansai Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Middle Jurassic.
  • Ferganoceratodus martini Cavin et al., 2007 Phu Kradung Formation, Thailand, Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous
  • Ferganoceratodus szechuanensis (Young, 1942) Huai Hin Lat Formation, Thailand, Late Triassic (Norian) South China, Jurassic, Khlong Min Formation, Thailand, Middle Jurassic, Phu Kradung Formation, Thailand, Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous

Potential remains have also been reported from the late Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Tunisia, the Triassic of Germany, and the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Kemp, Anne; Cavin, Lionel; Guinot, Guillaume (2017-04-01). "Evolutionary history of lungfishes with a new phylogeny of post-Devonian genera". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 471: 209–219. Bibcode:2017PPP...471..209K. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.051. ISSN 0031-0182.
  2. ^ Brownstein, Chase Doran; Harrington, Richard C; Near, Thomas J. (2023-04-12). "The biogeography of extant lungfishes traces the breakup of Gondwana". Journal of Biogeography. 50 (7): 1191–1198. doi:10.1111/jbi.14609. ISSN 0305-0270. S2CID 258115076.
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Ferganoceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ Cavin, Lionel; Deesri, Uthumporn; Chanthasit, Phornphen (2020-10-07). "A new lungfish from the Jurassic of Thailand". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (4): e1791895. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40E1895C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1791895. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 225146856.
  5. ^ Challands, T. J.; Cavin, L.; Zondo, M.; Munyikwa, D.; Choiniere, J. N.; Barrett, P. M. (2024). "A new lungfish from the Upper Triassic of the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2365391. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2365391.
  6. ^ Fanti, Federico; Larocca Conte, Gabriele; Angelicola, Luana; Cau, Andrea (May 2016). "Why so many dipnoans? A multidisciplinary approach on the Lower Cretaceous lungfish record from Tunisia". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 449: 255–265. Bibcode:2016PPP...449..255F. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.024.