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Retodus
Temporal range: Albian–Maastrichtian
Restoration of Retodus sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: Ceratodontidae
Genus: Retodus
Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006
Type species
Retodus tuberculatus
Churcher, De Iuliis & Kleindienst, 2006
Synonyms
Comparison of Retodus (top) with the contemporaneous Stomatosuchus (center) Laganosuchus (bottom)

Retodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish found in Cretaceous-aged freshwater strata of Egypt (Baharija Formation), Algeria and Niger.[1][2] The type species, R. tuberculatus, was named in 2006.[3][4] It was originally named as a species of Ceratodus and Neoceratodus in 1963.[5]

Description

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Tooth plates of R. tuberculatus are characterised by four transverse ridges, broadly rounded crests, a reticular pattern of ridges and hollows, and large adult size.[3]

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