Biology:Acrognathus
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Acrognathus (from Greek: άκρος ákros, 'high' and Greek: γνάθος gnáthos 'jaw')[1] is an extinct genus[2] of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Aulopiformes.[3] Although no extensive systematic analysis has been performed, it is tentatively placed with the greeneyes in the family Chlorophthalmidae, making it the oldest representative of that family.[4]
The following species are known:[3]
- A. boops Agassiz, 1836 (late Cenomanian/Coniacian to Turonian of the United Kingdom)[5]
- A. dodgei Hay, 1903 (late Cenomanian of Lebanon)
- A. libanicus Woodward, 1901 (late Cenomanian of Lebanon)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35591.
- ↑ Davis, Matthew P.; Fielitz, Christopher (2010-12-01). "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. ISSN 1055-7903. Bibcode: 2010MolPE..57.1194D. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790310003702.
- ↑ Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2016). "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten" (in en). Geological Society, London, Special Publications 430 (1): 165–200. doi:10.1144/SP430.18. ISSN 0305-8719. Bibcode: 2016GSLSP.430..165F. https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/SP430.18.
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