Chondrosteidae
family of fishes
The Chondrosteidae are an extinct family of chondrosteans from the Lower Jurassic of Europe. They are closely related to sturgeons and paddlefish.
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Genera
change- †Chondrosteus Egerton, 1858 (ex Agassiz, 1834)
- †Gyrosteus Woodward, 1889 (ex Agassiz, 1834)
- †Strongylosteus Jaekel, 1931
References
change- Louis Agassiz (1833–43). Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles, Tome I. Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchâtel. pp. 1–188.
- Hornung, Jahn J.; Sachs, Sven (2020). "First record of Gyrosteus mirabilis (Actinopterygii, Chondrosteidae) from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of the Baltic region". PeerJ.
- Hilton, Eric J. (2009). "Redescription of Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton, 1858 (Acipenseriformes, Chondrosteidae) from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis (Dorset, England), with comments on the early evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes". ResearchGate.
Other websites
change- Data related to Chondrosteidae at Wikidata