Crossognathus

Extinct genus of fishes

Crossognathus
Temporal range: Barremian to Albian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes
Family: Crossognathidae
Genus: Crossognathus
Pictet, 1858
Species
  • C. danubiensis Cavin & Grigorescu, 2005
  • C. sabaudianus Pictet, 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:

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.
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Teleostei sensu de Pinna, 1996 (= Teleosteomorpha)
Actinopterygii
    • see Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
    • see Neopterygii
Teleostei
    • see below↓
Pachycormidae
Aspidorhynchidae
Pholidophoridae
sensu stricto
Archaeomaenidae
Siyuichthyidae
  • Bogdaichthys
  • Dsungarichthys
  • Manasichthys
  • Siyuichthys
  • Wukangia
Pleuropholidae
Ankylophoridae
Catervariolidae
Teleosts with
cycloid scales
    • see below↓
Otolith taxa
  • Archengraulis
  • Bicavolithus
  • Doggerichthys
  • Sphaeronchus
  • Xenoleptolepis
Leedsichthys problematicus

Aspidorhynchus acutirostris

Ichthyokentema purbeckensis
Leptolepidae
Luisiellidae
Ascalaboidae
Crossognathiformes
Varasichthyidae?
Notelopidae
  • Bavarichthys?
  • Michin?
  • Notelops
  • Nusaviichthys
Crossognathidae
Pachyrhizodontidae
Ichthyodectiformes
Chuhsiungichthyidae
Bardackichthyidae
Cladocyclidae
Ichthyodectidae
Saurodontidae
Crown-Teleostei
    • see below↓
Tharsis dubius

Luisichthys vinalesensis

Xiphactinus audax
Elopomorpha
    • see Elopomorpha
Orthogonikleithridae
Osteoglossomorpha
    • see Osteoglossomorpha
Tselfatiiformes
  • Eoplethodus
Protobramidae
Plethodidae
Clupeocephala
Pentanogmius evolutus
Taxon identifiers
Crossognathus


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