Ceratodontiformes

Ceratodontiformes is the only extant order of lungfish, containing the families Neoceratodontidae, Lepidosirenidae, and Protopteridae as well as many other extinct groups. Members of this group are the only lungfish known to have survived the Permian-Triassic extinction event. Although lungfish originated in marine environments, the Ceratodontiformes have been an exclusively freshwater group since the Carboniferous. This order was formerly considered the suborder Ceratodontoidei.

Ceratodontiformes

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
Australian lungfishPBDB
Sits inside
DipnoiPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Environment
lagoonal,marine,brackish,freshwaterPBDB, for Dipnoi

Time the record covers

At least 143 million years on record.

The record covers at least 143.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 161.5 Mya to 0 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 0 of 108 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 2 of 108 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 0 of 108 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 11 of 108 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 2 of 108 occurrencesEocene — about 11 of 108 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 8 of 108 occurrencesMiocene — about 39 of 108 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 14 of 108 occurrencesPleistocene — about 19 of 108 occurrences165–159 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences159–154 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences154–148 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences148–143 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences104–99 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences99–93 Mya — about 2 occurrences93–88 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences88–82 Mya — about 1 occurrence82–77 Mya — about 2 occurrences77–71 Mya — about 2 occurrences71–66 Mya — about 2 occurrences66–60 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences60–55 Mya — about 1 occurrence55–49 Mya — about 3 occurrences49–44 Mya — about 2 occurrences44–38 Mya — about 2 occurrences38–33 Mya — about 4 occurrences33–27 Mya — about 4 occurrences27–22 Mya — about 3 occurrences22–16 Mya — about 4 occurrences16–11 Mya — about 27 occurrences11–5.5 Mya — about 7 occurrences5.5–0 Mya — about 35 occurrences143.1 Mya11.7 ka165 Mya0 Mya

108 occurrences of Ceratodontiformes on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

108 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

40 formations

Koobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.44°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EVillavieja — 3.24°N, 75.17°WVillavieja — 3.26°N, 75.19°WVillavieja — 3.23°N, 75.14°WLa Victoria — 3.30°N, 75.14°WLa Victoria — 3.24°N, 75.13°WLa Victoria — 3.31°N, 75.17°WPozo — 6.57°S, 76.27°WWembere-Manonga — 3.87°S, 33.72°EWembere-Manonga — 3.92°S, 33.88°EWembere-Manonga — 4.03°S, 33.77°EWadi Milk — 16.70°N, 31.14°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EWarwire — 1.50°N, 31.00°ENkondo — 1.50°N, 31.00°EKakara — 1.00°N, 30.50°EMuñani — 15.73°S, 70.17°WQuseir — 25.55°N, 29.31°ECastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.27°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WPebas — 2.81°S, 73.55°WNawata — 2.90°N, 36.05°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°ENkondo/Warwire — 1.50°N, 31.00°EMuluk — 30.42°N, 30.25°EShungura — 5.06°N, 36.03°EMaboko — 0.15°N, 34.62°ENawata or Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EOluka — 1.00°N, 30.50°EMizdah — 26.58°N, 12.77°EInbeceten — 15.05°N, 6.03°E

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The named rock units Ceratodontiformes has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 13 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ceratodontiformes and its relatives

Miocene

Where Ceratodontiformes and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

923 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 102 sites for Ceratodontiformes, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

55 references

Each of the 108 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 43 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Ceratodontiformes

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No 3D scan of Ceratodontiformes was found in Smithsonian Open Access and Sketchfab.

MorphoSource was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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