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Crossognathus Temporal range: Barremian to Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Crossognathiformes
Family:	†Crossognathidae
Genus:	†Crossognathus Pictet, 1858
Species
†C. danubiensis Cavin & Grigorescu, 2005 †C. sabaudianus Pictet, 1858

Crossognathus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish from the Early Cretaceous of Europe. It is the type genus of the order Crossognathiformes and the family Crossognathidae.

The following species are known:

• †C. danubiensis Cavin & Grigorescu, 2005 - Middle Albian of Romania
• †C. sabaudianus Pictet, 1858 (type species) - Barremian of Voiron and late Albian of Vallentigny, France; Barremian of Hildesheim & early Aptian of Helgoland, Germany

References

1. ^ "Crossognathus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
2. L, Taverne (1989). "Crossognathus Pictet, 1858 du Cretace inferieur de l'Europe et systematigue, paleozoogeographie et biologic des Crossognathiformes nov. ord. (Teleosteens) du Cretace et du Tertiaire". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 207: 79–105.
3. ^ Cavin, Lionel; Grigorescu, Dan (2005). "A new Crossognathus (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of Romania with comments on Crossognathidae relationships". Geodiversitas. 27 (1): 5–16.
4. Arratia, Gloria (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. ISSN 0305-8719.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Teleostei see Teleostei Crossognathiformes see below↓ Crossognathiformes
Crossognathiformes Bavarichthys Buapichthys Chongichthys Salminops? Varasichthyidae? Bobbichthys Domeykos Luisichthys Protoclupea Varasichthys Crossognathidae Apsopelix Crossognathus Notelopidae Bavarichthys? Michin? Notelops Nusaviichthys Pachyrhizodontidae Apricenapiscis Aquilopiscis Cavinichthys Chongichthys? Elopopsis Goulmimichthys Greenwoodella Kradimus Lebrunichthys Michin? Motlayoichthys Nardopiscis Pachyrhizodus Platinx Polcynichthys Rhacolepis Stanhopeichthys Tingitanichthys
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• Crossognathiformes
• Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
• Barremian genus first appearances
• Aptian genera
• Albian genus extinctions
• Early Cretaceous fish of Europe
• Early Cretaceous bony fish
• Fossils of Germany
• Fossils of France
• Fossils of Romania
• Fossil taxa described in 1858
• Taxa named by François Jules Pictet de la Rive
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