Asthenocormus Temporal range: | |
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Fossil of Asthenocormus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Pachycormiformes |
Family: | † Pachycormidae |
Subfamily: | † Asthenocorminae |
Genus: | † Asthenocormus Woodward, 1895 |
Species: | †A. titanius |
Binomial name | |
†Asthenocormus titanius (Wagner, 1863) | |
Asthenocormus is an extinct genus of large marine pachycormiform ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, A. titanius. [1] A member of the edentulous suspension feeding clade within the Pachycormiformes, fossils have been found in the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of Bavaria, Germany. [2] [3] [4]