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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Suborder: | Trachichthyoidei |
| Genus: | †
Acrogaster Agassiz, 1839 |
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†Acrogaster parvus Agassiz, 1839
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Acrogaster is a genus of fossil marine fish in the order Trachichthyiformes, known from the Late Cretaceous period. [2] [3] Species are known from Germany and Lebanon. [1]
Species
The following species are known: [1] [4]
- †A. brevicostatus von der Marck, 1863 - Late Campanian of Germany
- †A. daviesi Davis, 1887 - Late Santonian of Lebanon
- †A. heckeli Pictet, 1850 - Late Santonian of Lebanon
- †A. minutus von der Marck, 1863 - Late Campanian of Germany
- †A. parvus Agassiz, 1839 - Late Campanian of Germany
The former species A. anceps and A. dayi are now placed in Lissoberyx. [3]
References
- ^ a b c Acrogaster - Paleobiology Database
- ^ "Nature(A)". The Probert Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
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Categories:
- Trachichthyiformes
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
- Fossils of Germany
- Fossils of Lebanon
- Late Cretaceous bony fish
- Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
- Cretaceous fish of Europe
- Santonian genus first appearances
- Campanian genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1839
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
| Acrogaster Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Suborder: | Trachichthyoidei |
| Genus: | †
Acrogaster Agassiz, 1839 |
| Type species | |
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†Acrogaster parvus Agassiz, 1839
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| Species | |
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See text | |
Acrogaster is a genus of fossil marine fish in the order Trachichthyiformes, known from the Late Cretaceous period. [2] [3] Species are known from Germany and Lebanon. [1]
Species
The following species are known: [1] [4]
- †A. brevicostatus von der Marck, 1863 - Late Campanian of Germany
- †A. daviesi Davis, 1887 - Late Santonian of Lebanon
- †A. heckeli Pictet, 1850 - Late Santonian of Lebanon
- †A. minutus von der Marck, 1863 - Late Campanian of Germany
- †A. parvus Agassiz, 1839 - Late Campanian of Germany
The former species A. anceps and A. dayi are now placed in Lissoberyx. [3]
References
- ^ a b c Acrogaster - Paleobiology Database
- ^ "Nature(A)". The Probert Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
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| This article about a prehistoric ray-finned fish is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Trachichthyiformes
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
- Fossils of Germany
- Fossils of Lebanon
- Late Cretaceous bony fish
- Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
- Cretaceous fish of Europe
- Santonian genus first appearances
- Campanian genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1839
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs