Acrogaster Agassiz 1839 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (10me, 12me livraison) 1-16*

Parent taxon: Trachichthyoidei according to C. Patterson 1993

See also Patterson 1964 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antarctiberyx, Gigantokranion, Gnathoberyx, Hoplopterygiidae, Judeoberyx, Libanoberyx, Lissoberyx, Stichopteryx, Tubantia

Subtaxa: Acrogaster anceps Acrogaster brevicostatus Acrogaster daviesi Acrogaster dayi Acrogaster heckeli Acrogaster minutus Acrogaster parvus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (3 collections), Lebanon (5)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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