Acrogaster

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Acrogaster
Temporal range: Late Santonian to Campanian[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
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.[2][3] Species are known from Germany and Lebanon.[1]

Species[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Acrogaster - Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ "Nature(A)". The Probert Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. ^ 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.
  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.
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