Crossognathus
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Crossognathiformes |
| Family: | †Crossognathidae |
| Genus: | †Crossognathus Pictet,1858 |
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Crossognathusis an extinct genus of prehistoric marineray-finned fishfrom theEarly Cretaceousof Europe.[1]It is thetype genusof the orderCrossognathiformesand the familyCrossognathidae.[2]
The following species are known:
- †C. danubiensisCavin & Grigorescu, 2005- MiddleAlbian ofRomania[3]
- †C. sabaudianusPictet,1858(type species) -BarremianofVoironand late Albian ofVallentigny,France; Barremian ofHildesheim& earlyAptianofHelgoland,Germany[1][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Crossognathus".Paleobiology Database.RetrievedNovember 11,2012.
- ^L, Taverne (1989)."Crossognathus Pictet, 1858 du Cretace inferieur de l'Europe et systematigue, paleozoogeographie et biologic des Crossognathiformes nov. ord. (Teleosteens) du Cretace et du Tertiaire".Palaeontographica Abteilung A.207:79–105.
- ^abCavin, Lionel; Grigorescu, Dan (2005)."A new Crossognathus (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of Romania with comments on Crossognathidae relationships".Geodiversitas.27(1): 5–16.
- ^Arratia, Gloria (2008)."The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea".Geological Society, London, Special Publications.295(1): 71–92.doi:10.1144/SP295.6.ISSN0305-8719.
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Categories:
- Crossognathiformes
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Barremian genus first appearances
- Aptian genera
- Albian genus extinctions
- Early Cretaceous fish of Europe
- Early Cretaceous bony fish
- Fossils of Germany
- Fossils of France
- Fossils of Romania
- Fossil taxa described in 1858
- Taxa named by François Jules Pictet de la Rive
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Cretaceous fish stubs