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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Order: | Ceratodontiformes |
| Family: | Neoceratodontidae |
| Genus: | †Mioceratodus Kemp, 1992 |
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4 species are known from this genus:[4]
- †Mioceratodus anemosyrus
- †Mioceratodus diaphorus
- †Mioceratodus gregoryi
- †Mioceratodus poastrus
See also
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References
edit- ^ Consequences of Traumatic injury in Fossil and Recent Dipnoan Dentitions. Kemp, A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. vol, 21. issue 1. 2001. pg 13-23.
- ^ "Search Museums Victoria's collections". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Mioceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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