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Extinct genus of fishes

Saurorhynchus
Temporal range: Pliensbachian-Aalenian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Saurorhynchus brevirostris fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Saurichthyiformes
Family: Saurichthyidae
Genus: Saurorhynchus
Reis, 1892
Type species
Saurorhynchus acutus
(Agassiz, 1844)
Other species

Saurorhynchus anningae Saurorhynchus brevirostris Saurorhynchus hauffi

Synonyms
Life restoration

Saurorhynchus is an extinct genus of carnivorous bony fish that lived during the Early and Middle Jurassic epochs. Fossils have been found in Europe (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy) and North America (Canada). It is commonly found in pelagic and lagoonal deposits, but mostly marine. Largest specimens can grow up to 1.9 metres (6.2 ft).

Four Jurassic species are recognized. In addition, the Late Triassic species Saurichthys striolatus, Saurichthys calcaratus, and Saurichthys deperditus are sometimes referred to Saurorhynchus, although Saurorhynchus is then treated as a subgenus of Saurichthys.

Saurorhynchus is the youngest representative of the family Saurichthyidae and the order Saurichthyiformes. This family is known for its large, elongate jaws, similar to modern Belonidae. Saurichthyidae also includes the Permian genus Eosaurichthys and the Triassic genus Saurichthys.

See also

References

  1. Kogan, I. (2016). "Acidorhynchus Stensiö, 1925 or Saurorhynchus Reis, 1892: how to call the Jurassic saurichthyid?". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 279: 123–126. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0545.
  2. Maxwell, E.E. (2016). "First Middle Jurassic record of Saurichthyidae (Actinopterygii)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 90 (2): 287–291. doi:10.1007/s12542-015-0281-5. S2CID 130850983.
  3. ^ Maxwell, E. E.; Stumpf, S. (2017). "Revision of Saurorhynchus (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Early Jurassic of England and Germany". European Journal of Taxonomy (321): 1–29. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.321.
  4. Neuman, A. G.; Wilson, M. V. H. (1985). "A fossil fish of the family Saurichthyidae from the Lower Jurassic of western Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 22 (8): 1158–1162. Bibcode:1985CaJES..22.1158N. doi:10.1139/e85-118.
  5. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  6. Maxwell, E.E.; Romano, C. & Wu, F.-X. (2021). "Regional disparity in the axial skeleton of Saurichthyidae and implications for axial regionalization in non‐teleostean actinopterygians". Journal of Zoology. 315: 29–41. doi:10.1111/jzo.12878.
Actinopterygian genera
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii
Howqualepididae
Mimiidae
Post-Devonian taxa
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Cheirolepis trailli
Post-Devonian taxa
Post-Devonian taxa
Acrolepidae
Aeduellidae
Aesopichthyidae
Amblypteridae
Bobasatraniiformes
Bobasatraniidae
Canobiidae
Discordichthyidae
Eigiliidae
Elonichthyidae
Eurynotiformes
Amphicentridae
Styracopteridae
Eurynotoidiformes
Gonatodidae
Guildayichthyidae
Haplolepidae
Igornichthyidae
Palaeoniscidae
Platysomidae
Ptycholepidae
Pygopteridae
Rhadinichthyidae
Saurichthyiformes
Saurichthyidae
Tarrasiidae
Turseoidae
Uighuroniscidae
Cladistia
Actinopteri
Chondrostei
Neopterygii
Acrolepis gigas

Amblypterus macropterus Birgeria sp. Birgeria sp. Amphicentrum granulosum Mamulichthys ignotus Palaeoniscum freieslebeni

Taxon identifiers
Saurorhynchus


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