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Definition of Genus Neoceratodus
1. Noun. Extant Australian lungfishes.
Exact synonyms: Neoceratodus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Ceratodontidae, Family Ceratodontidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Ceratodontidae, Family Ceratodontidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Neoceratodus
Literary usage of Genus Neoceratodus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"... stan genus, Neoceratodus. He calls this genus by the same name as its extinct
ancestor or predecessor, Ceratodus. In the Bulletin of the Illinois State ..."
2. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Of the vertebrates, an extremely old type is the lung-fish Ceratodus, of which
a modern derived genus, Neoceratodus (Fig. 139), is now found isolated in ..."