†Chondrosteus Agassiz 1843 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Chondrosteidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II, IIe Partie (17me livraison) 73-336
Parent taxon: Chondrosteidae according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1996
See also Grande and Hilton 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gyrosteus, Strongylosteus
Subtaxa: Chondrosteus acipenseroides Chondrosteus pachyurus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences
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