Asthenocormus

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Asthenocormus
Temporal range: Callovian- Early Tithonian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pachycormiformes
Family: Pachycormidae
Subfamily: Asthenocorminae
Genus: Asthenocormus
Woodward, 1895
Species:
A. titanius
Binomial name
Asthenocormus titanius
(Wagner, 1863)
Restoration

Asthenocormus is an extinct genus of large marine pachycormiform ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, A. titanius.[1] A member of the edentulous suspension feeding clade within the Pachycormiformes, fossils have been found in the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of Bavaria, Germany.[2][3][4]

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Maxwell, Erin; Lambers, Paul; Lopez-Arbarello, Adriana; Schweigert, Günter (2020). "Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. doi:10.4202/app.00749.2020. ISSN 0567-7920.
  3. ^ Liston, J. J. (2008), Arratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P.; Wilson, M. V. H. (eds.), A review of the characters of the edentulous pachycormiforms Leedsichthys, Asthenocormus and Martillichthys nov. gen., Munich, Germany: F. Pfeil, ISBN 978-3-89937-080-5, retrieved 2024-02-26
  4. ^ Friedman, Matt; Shimada, Kenshu; Martin, Larry D.; Everhart, Michael J.; Liston, Jeff; Maltese, Anthony; Triebold, Michael (2010-02-19). "100-Million-Year Dynasty of Giant Planktivorous Bony Fishes in the Mesozoic Seas". Science. 327 (5968): 990–993. doi:10.1126/science.1184743. ISSN 0036-8075.