Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceratodontoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Sarcopterygii
Subclassis: Dipnoi
Ordo: Ceratodontiformes
Subordo: Ceratodontoidei

Familia: Neoceratodontidae
Genus: †Equinoxiodus
Species: †E. alcantarensis – †E. schultzei

Name

Equinoxiodus Toledo, de Sousa, Medeiros & Bertini, 2011

Etymology: The generic name is a combination of Equinoxi as a reference to the France Equinoxialis, the name given to the northern Maranhão state in 1612, and odus from the Latinised Greek word for tooth.

References

  • Toledo, C. E. V., de Sousa, E. P., Medeiros, M. A. A. & Bertini, R. J.; 2011: A new genus of Dipnoiformes from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences), 83 (4): 1181–1192. PDF
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