Paraceratodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish.[1] Only one species, P. germaini, is known from the latest Permian or earliest Triassic period of Madagascar.[2] Phylogenetic evidence supports it being the most basal member of the suborder Ceratodontoidei, which contains modern lungfish, and as with the rest of the order it likely diverged during the late Carboniferous.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Genus: | †Paraceratodus Lehman et al., 1959 |
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| †Paraceratodus germaini Lehman et al., 1959
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See also
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References
edit- ^ "Fossilworks: Paraceratodus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ Kemp, A. (1994). "Australian Triassic Lungfish Skulls". Journal of Paleontology. 68 (3): 647–654. Bibcode:1994JPal...68..647K. doi:10.1017/S0022336000025968. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1306207. S2CID 131787091.
- ^ Kemp, Anne; Cavin, Lionel; Guinot, Guillaume (2017-04-01). "Evolutionary history of lungfishes with a new phylogeny of post-Devonian genera". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 471: 209–219. Bibcode:2017PPP...471..209K. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.051. ISSN 0031-0182.
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