Crossognathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Early Cretaceous of Europe.[1] It is the type genus of the order Crossognathiformes and the family Crossognathidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Crossognathiformes |
| Family: | †Crossognathidae |
| Genus: | †Crossognathus Pictet, 1858 |
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The following species are known:
- †C. danubiensis Cavin & Grigorescu, 2005 - Middle Albian of Romania[3]
- †C. sabaudianus Pictet, 1858 (type species) - Barremian of Voiron and late Albian of Vallentigny, France; Barremian of Hildesheim & early Aptian of Helgoland, Germany[1][3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Crossognathus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ L, Taverne (1989). "Crossognathus Pictet, 1858 du Cretace inferieur de l'Europe et systematigue, paleozoogeographie et biologic des Crossognathiformes nov. ord. (Teleosteens) du Cretace et du Tertiaire". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 207: 79–105.
- ^ a b Cavin, Lionel; Grigorescu, Dan (2005). "A new Crossognathus (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of Romania with comments on Crossognathidae relationships". Geodiversitas. 27 (1): 5–16.
- ^ Arratia, Gloria (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. ISSN 0305-8719.
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