Aspidorhynchus

Aspidorhynchus
Temporal range:
Specimen of A. sanzenbacheri, Jura Museum
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix): Aspidorhynchidae
Genus: †Aspidorhynchus
Agassiz, 1833
Type species
†Aspidorhynchus acutirostris
de Blainville, 1818
Species

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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

Physical appearance

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

Aspidorhynchus is a member of the family Aspidorhynchidae within the order Aspidorhynchiformes.

References

  1. 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.
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