Crossognathus

Crossognathus
Temporal range: Barremian to Albian
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

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  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.