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Potamoceratodus
Temporal range: 157–145Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Dipnoi
Family: Ceratodontidae
Genus: Potamoceratodus
Pardo et al., 2010
Type species
P. guentheri (Marsh, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Ceratodus guentheri Marsh, 1878
  • Ptychoceratodus guentheri (Marsh, 1878)
  • Ceratodus felchi Kirkland, 1987

Potamoceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish which existed in what is now Colorado, USA, during the late Jurassic period. It was first named by Jason D. Pardo, Adam K. Huttenlocker, Bryan J. Small and Mark A. Gorman II in 2010 and the type species is Potamoceratodus guentheri.

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