Biology:Acrognathus

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Short description: Extinct genus of lizardfish


Acrognathus
Temporal range: Hauterivian, 130–128 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Genus: Acrognathus
Agassiz, 1836
Type species
Acrognathus boops
Agassiz, 1836

Acrognathus (from Greek: άκρος ákros, 'high' and Greek: γνάθος gnáthos 'jaw')[1] is an extinct genus[2] of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the order Aulopiformes.[3]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 3. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 29 December 2021. 
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 23 February 2009. 
  3. Davis, Matthew P.; Fielitz, Christopher (December 2010). "Estimating divergence times of lizardfishes and their allies (Euteleostei: Aulopiformes) and the timing of deep-sea adaptations". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (3): 1194–1208. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.003. PMID 20854916. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790310003702. Retrieved 29 December 2021. 

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