Aspidorhynchus
| Aspidorhynchus Temporal range: | |
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| Specimen of A. sanzenbacheri, Jura Museum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Aspidorhynchiformes |
| Family: | †Aspidorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Aspidorhynchus Agassiz, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| †Aspidorhynchus acutirostris de Blainville, 1818 | |
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Aspidorhynchus is an extinct genus of predatory aspidorhynchiform from the Jurassic. Fossils have been found in Europe, Antarctica, and the Caribbean.
Description
[change | change source]Physical appearance
[change | change source]A slender-bodied fish, Aspidorhynchus had heavy scales and a symmetrical tail. It is famous for its pointy rostrum. It was a fast-swimming fish, too. Although it would've looked like the modern-day gars, it was not related to them because Aspidorhynchiformes is a separate order from the Lepisosteiformes.
Classification
[change | change source]Aspidorhynchus is a member of the family Aspidorhynchidae within the order Aspidorhynchiformes.
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- López-Arbarello, Adriana; Schröder, Kerstin M. (June 2014). "The species of Aspidorhynchus Agassiz, 1833 (Neopterygii, Aspidorhynchiformes) from the Jurassic plattenkalks of Southern Germany". Paläontologische Zeitschrift.
