Tomognathus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
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| Genus: | Tomognathus Dixon, 1850
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Tomognathus was a
halecomorph fish related to the modern bowfin that lived in the Cretaceous
Period. It was named by Dixon in 1850.
The name Tomognathus was also later applied to a modern species of ant by Mayr in 1861. But since the name was already taken it came instead to be classified as Harpagoxenus.
References
- Cavin, Lionel; Giner, Stephen (2012). "A large halecomorph fish (Actinopterygii: Holostei) from the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of southeast France". Cretaceous Research. 37: 201–208. .
- Forey, Peter L.; Patterson, Colin (2006). "Description and systematic relationships of †Tomognathus, an enigmatic fish from the English chalk". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 4 (2): 157–184. S2CID 86028273.