Acrogaster

Acrogaster; Temporal range: Late Santonian to Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachichthyiformes
Suborder:	Trachichthyoidei
Genus:	†Acrogaster; Agassiz, 1839
Type species
	†Acrogaster parvus; Agassiz, 1839
Species
	See text

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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

^ ^a ^b ^c Acrogaster - Paleobiology Database
^ "Nature(A)". The Probert Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.

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[paleodb-1] Acrogaster - Paleobiology Database

[2] "Nature(A)". The Probert Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2012.

[:0-3] 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.

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