Asthenocormus

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Asthenocormus
Temporal range: Callovian- Early Tithonian[1]
Orthocormus sp 1.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Family:
Pachycormidae
Genus:
Asthenocormus

Woodward 1895
Binomial name
Asthenocormus titanius
(Wagner, 1863)
Restoration

Asthenocormus is an extinct genus of pachycormiform ray-finned fish.[1] A member of the edentulous suspension feeding clade within the Pachycormiformes, fossils have been found in the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of Bavaria, Germany.[2]

See also[]

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Maxwell, Erin; Lambers, Paul; Lopez-Arbarello, Adriana; Schweigert, Günter (2020). "Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. doi:10.4202/app.00749.2020. ISSN 0567-7920.


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