Acrogaster

Acrogaster
Temporal range: Late Santonian to Campanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Suborder: Trachichthyoidei
Genus: †Acrogaster
Agassiz, 1839
Type species
†Acrogaster parvus
Agassiz, 1839
Species

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Acrogaster is a genus of fossil marine fish in the order Trachichthyiformes, known from the Late Cretaceous period. Species are known from Germany and Lebanon.

Species

The following species are known:

The former species A. anceps and A. dayi are now placed in Lissoberyx.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Acrogaster - Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ "Nature(A)". The Probert Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi:10.18435/B5CC78. ISSN 2292-1389.
  4. ↑ Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi:10.18435/B5CC78. ISSN 2292-1389.