Crossognathus

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

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

The following species are known:

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.