Equinoxiodus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceratodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Classis: Dipnoi Ordo: Ceratodontiformes Subordo: Ceratodontoidei

Familia: Neoceratodontidae
Genus: †Equinoxiodus
Species: †E. alcantarensis – †E. schultzei

Name

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

• Type species: †Equinoxiodus alcantarensis Toledo et al., 2011

Etymology: The generic name is a combination of Equinoxi as a reference to the France Equinoxialis, the name given to the northern Maranhão state in 1612, and odus from the Latinised Greek word for tooth.

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 83(4): 1181–1192. PDF Reference page. 
• Sousa, E.P. de, Medeiros, M.A., Toledo, C.E.V., Bertini, R.J., Pereira, A.A. & Lindoso, R.M. 2015. A new species of Equinoxiodus (Dipnoi: ?Neoceratodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Zootaxa 3905 (3): 397–406. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.5 Reference page.