Acrotemnus is an extinct genus of marine pycnodontid ray-finned fish from various areas of the Tethys Sea that lived during the Turonian stage of the Upper Cretaceous. The genus comprises three species A. faba,[1] A. streckeri, and A. megafrendodon.[2]
| Acrotemnus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Genus: | †Acrotemnus Agassiz, 1836 |
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| †Acrotemnus faba Louis Agassiz, 1836
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Description edit
Acrotemnus was initially known from just the type species A. faba described by Louis Agassiz in 1843 from specimens collected in Niger.[1] However, Shimada, Portillo, and Cronin, 2021 described the specimen TxVP 43056-3 as Acrotemnus cf. A. streckeri lumping the whole genus Macropycnodon into Acrotemnus.[2]
Classification edit
In its description, Agassiz, 1836 recovers it as a pycnodontid.[1] Shimada, Portillo, and Cronin, 2021 retain this placement in their redescription of A. streckeri, and A. megafrendodon.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel
- ^ a b c Shimada, Kenshu; Portillo, Dianne; Cronin, Timothy (August 2021). "A new pycnodont specimen (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, confirming the bony fish genus Macropycnodon as a junior synonym of Acrotemnus". Cretaceous Research. 124. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104797. S2CID 233924239. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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