A new genus for the Dipnoan species Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste, 1963
Author
Churcher, Charles S.
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario, M 5 S 3 G 5 (Canada) and Department of Palaeobiology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario M 5 S 2 C 6 (Canada) rchurcher @ shaw. ca
rchurcher@shaw.ca
Author
Iuliis, Gerardo De
Faculty of Community Services and Health Sciences, George Brown College, 200 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M 5 A 1 J 5 (Canada) and Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario, M 5 S 3 G 5 (Canada) gerry @ zoo. utoronto. ca
Author
Kleindienst, Maxine R.
Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario, L 5 L 1 C 6 (Canada) and Department of Egyptology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M 5 S 2 C 6 (Canada) maxine. kleindienst @ utoronto. ca
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Geodiversitas
2006
28
4
635
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4650971
1638-9395
4650971
Genus
Retodus
n. gen.
TYPE
SPECIES
. —
Ceratodus tuberculatus
Tabaste, 1963
.
ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin,
rete
, net; -
odus
, Latinised Greek -Óδούυς, toothlike, referring to a network of ridges on the occlusal surface of a tooth plate.
DIAGNOSIS. — The same as
Retodus tuberculatus
n. comb.
REMARKS
The new lungfish tooth plate (ROM 47638) reported here preserves features unknown in the species previously known as
Ceratodus tuberculatus
and indicates that the species cannot be referred to an already described genus. Although insufficient material of the species is known to permit a phylogenetic analysis, it is apparent that it forms a distinct clade, and thus merits generic distinction as
Retodus
n. gen.