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Crossognathidae

Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Crossognathidae

Taxonomy
Crossognathidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Crossognathus.

It was assigned to Haplomi by Jordan (1963); to Crossognathiformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Crossognathoidei by Miyata et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Crossognathidae Jordan p. 656
2016Crossognathidae Nelson et al. p. 130
2022Crossognathidae Miyata et al. p. 215

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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
familyCrossognathidae

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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G. †Apsopelix Cope 1871
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Apsopelix miyazakii Yabumoto et al. 2012
Apsopelix sauriformis Cope 1871
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the to the top of the Santonian or 122.46000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Crossognathus sabaudianus (212878) Palaeaulopus germanicus (221372)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Romania Crossognathus danubiensis (140234)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan Apsopelix miyazakii (224870)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Apsopelix anglicus (94652)