Crossognathus

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Crossognathus
Temporal range: Barremian to Albian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes
Family: Crossognathidae
Genus: Crossognathus
Pictet, 1858
Species
  • C. danubiensisCavin & Grigorescu, 2005
  • C. sabaudianusPictet, 1858

Crossognathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Early Cretaceous of Europe. [1] It is the type genus of the order Crossognathiformes and the family Crossognathidae. [2]

The following species are known:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Crossognathus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 Cavin, 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.
  4. 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. ISSN   0305-8719.