Ctenodus

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Ctenodus
Temporal range: Tournaisian–Moscovian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Family: Ctenodontidae
Genus: Ctenodus
Agassiz, 1838[1]

Ctenodus (from Greek: κτείς kteis, 'comb' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[2] is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish and the longest-surviving genus of Carboniferous lungfish.

References

  1. S2CID 129223529
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  2. ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 38. Retrieved 29 December 2021.