Biology:Neoceratodontidae

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Short description: Family of chordates

Neoceratodontidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - recent
Queensland Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri).jpg
Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteni)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Neoceratodontidae
Miles, 1977
Genera

Neoceratodontidae is a family of lungfish containing Neoceratodus (represented by the extant Australian lungfish) and the extinct Mioceratodus. It, Lepidosirenidae, and Protopteridae represent the only lungfish families still extant.[1]

Fossils from Triassic-aged sediments in Kyrgyzstan were previously assigned to this family, but phylogenetic evidence indicates that it diverged from the common ancestors of the African and South American lungfish during the Late Jurassic.[1][2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10296196 entry