Mioceratodus

Mioceratodus Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene (but see text) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Dipnoi
Order:	Ceratodontiformes
Family:	Neoceratodontidae
Genus:	†Mioceratodus Kemp, 1992
Species
See text

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

See also

• Sarcopterygii
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Consequences of Traumatic injury in Fossil and Recent Dipnoan Dentitions. Kemp, A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. vol, 21. issue 1. 2001. pg 13-23.
2. "Search Museums Victoria's collections". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
3. 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.
4. "Fossilworks: Mioceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.