Retodus

Retodus
Temporal range: Albian–Maastrichtian
Restoration of Retodus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: †Ceratodontidae
Genus: †Retodus
Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006
Type species
†Retodus tuberculatus
Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006
Synonyms
Comparison of Retodus (top) with the contemporaneous Stomatosuchus (center) Laganosuchus (bottom)

Retodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish found in Cretaceous-aged freshwater strata of Egypt (Baharija Formation), Algeria and Niger. The type species, R. tuberculatus, was named in 2006. It was originally named as a species of Ceratodus and Neoceratodus in 1963.

Description

Tooth plates of R. tuberculatus are characterised by four transverse ridges, broadly rounded crests, a reticular pattern of ridges and hollows, and large adult size.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fossilworks: Retodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "A titan with skin-problems". DeviantArt. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  3. 1 2 Churcher, Charles & De Iuliis, Gerry & Kleindienst, Maxine. (2006). A new genus for the Dipnoan species Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste, 1963. Geodiversitas. 28. 635-647.
  4. ↑ Retodus - Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-08-07.
  5. ↑ Tabaste, N. (1963). — Études de restes de poissons du Crétacé saharien, in Mélanges ichthyologiques dédiés à la mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865). Mémoires de l’Institut français d’Afrique noire 68: 475-485.