Acrognathus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Chlorophthalmidae |
| Genus: | †Acrognathus Agassiz, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| †Acrognathus boops Agassiz, 1836
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| Species | |
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Acrognathus (from
bony 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)
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ISSN 1055-7903.
- ISSN 0305-8719.