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: †Equinoxiodus alcantarensis

Name

†Equinoxiodus alcantarensis Toledo, de Sousa, Medeiros & Bertini, 2011

  • Holotype: UFMA 1.40.086.
  • Paratypes: one complete tooth plate (UFMA 1.40.060) and eight incomplete tooth plates (UFMA 1.40.042, 1.40.043, 1.40.062, 1.40.079, 1.40.087, 1.40.374, 1.40.465, 1.40.489).

Type locality: Brazil, Laje do Coringa fossiliferous site, Cajual Island, northern Maranhão State.

Etymology: The specific name is in reference to Alcântara, the town where the type material was collected.

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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