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Crossognathus

Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Crossognathidae

Taxonomy
Crossognathus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Crossognathidae.

It was assigned to Crossognathidae by Taverne (1981); and to Crossognathiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Palaeaulopus Taverne and Ross p. 105
1981Crossognathus Taverne
2002Crossognathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderCrossognathiformesTaverne 1989
suborderCrossognathoideiTaverne 1989
familyCrossognathidae
genusCrossognathus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Crossognathus danubiensis Cavin and Grigorescu 2005
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Invalid names: Palaeaulopus germanicus Taverne and Ross 1973 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeaulopus Taverne and Ross 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:12:03
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:03
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany C. sabaudianus (212878) Palaeaulopus germanicus (221372)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Romania C. danubiensis (140234)