Ferganoceratodus (from Fergana + Ceratodus) is a genus of prehistoric freshwater lungfish known from worldwide during the Mesozoic. 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
The following species are currently classified in the genus:[3][4]
- †F. acutus (Priem, 1924) - Late Triassic of Madagascar (=Ptychoceratodus acutus)
- †F. annekempae Cavin, Deesri & Chanthasit, 2020 - Phu Kradung Formation, Thailand, Late Jurassic (named after Anne Kemp)[4][5]
- †F. concinnus
- †F. cuyanus
- †F. edwardsi Challands et al., 2023 - Late Triassic (Norian) of Zimbabwe[4]
- †F. hislopianus
- †F. iheringi
- †F. jurassicus Nessov & Kaznyshkin, 1985 - Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan (Balabansai Formation)
- †F. madagascarensis (Martin, 1982) - Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Madagascar (Mahajanga Basin)
- †F. martini Cavin et al., 2007 - Phu Kradung Formation, Thailand, Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous
- †F. patagonicus
- †F. phillipsi (Agassiz, 1838) -
- †F. rectangulus (Linck, 1936) - Late Triassic (Norian) of Greenland (Fleming Fjord Formation) and Germany (Löwenstein Formation)[6] (=Ptychoceratodus rectangulus (Linck, 1936))
- †F. roemeri
- †F. szechuanensis (Young, 1942) - Thailand (Huai Hin Lat Formation) 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.[7]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Ferganoceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Challands, Tom J.; Cavin, Lionel; Zondo, Michel; Munyikwa, Darlington; Choiniere, Jonah N.; Barrett, Paul M. (2023-11-02). "A new lungfish from the Upper Triassic of the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (6): e2365391. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2365391. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dipnoan from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland and remarks about palaeobiogeography of Ptychoceratodus - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica". www.app.pan.pl. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ 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.
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