Acrogaster

Acrogaster Temporal range: Late Santonian to Campanian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachichthyiformes
Suborder:	Trachichthyoidei
Genus:	†Acrogaster Agassiz, 1839
Type species
†Acrogaster parvus Agassiz, 1839
Species
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Acrogaster is a genus of fossil marine fish in the order Trachichthyiformes, known from the Late Cretaceous period.[2][3] Species are known from Germany and Lebanon.[1]

Species

The following species are known:[1][4]

• †A. brevicostatus von der Marck, 1863 - Late Campanian of Germany
• †A. daviesi Davis, 1887 - Late Santonian of Lebanon
• †A. heckeli Pictet, 1850 - Late Santonian of Lebanon
• †A. minutus von der Marck, 1863 - Late Campanian of Germany
• †A. parvus Agassiz, 1839 - Late Campanian of Germany

The former species A. anceps and A. dayi are now placed in Lissoberyx.[3]

References

1. Acrogaster - Paleobiology Database
2. "Nature(A)". The Probert Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
3. Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi:10.18435/B5CC78. ISSN 2292-1389.
4. Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi:10.18435/B5CC78. ISSN 2292-1389.