Saurostomus

Saurostomus Temporal range: Early Toarcian [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil Saurostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Pachycormiformes
Genus:	† Saurostomus Agassiz, 1833
Species:	†S. esocinus
Binomial name
†Saurostomus esocinus Agassiz, 1833

Model

Saurostomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch. ^[1]

Palaeoecology

Fossils of Saurostomus esocinus containing coleoid gladii in their oesophagus have shown that the species fed on coleoids belonging to the species Teudopsis bollensis and on indeterminate loligosepiines. ^[2]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. Weis, Robert; Delsate, Dominique; Klug, Christian; Argyriou, Thodoris; Fuchs, Dirk (9 February 2024). "Pachycormid fish fed on octobrachian cephalopods: new evidence from the 'Schistes bitumineux' (early Toarcian) of southern Luxembourg". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology . 143 (1) 5. Bibcode:2024SwJP..143....5W. doi: 10.1186/s13358-023-00295-1 . ISSN   1664-2376.