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Tomognathus

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Tomognathus
Temporal range: Valanginian to Turonian
Restoration of T. gigeri at Muséum départemental du Var (France)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Amiiformes
Family: Tomognathidae
Jordan, 1923
Genus: Tomognathus
Dixon, 1850
Species
  • Tomognathus mordax
    Dixon, 1850
  • Tomognathus gigeri
    Cavin and Giner, 2012

Tomognathus was a halecomorph fish related to the modern bowfin that lived in the Cretaceous Period. It was named by Dixon in 1850.

The name Tomognathus was also later applied to a modern species of ant by Mayr in 1861. But since the name was already taken it came instead to be classified as Harpagoxenus.

References

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  • Cavin, Lionel; Giner, Stephen (2012). "A large halecomorph fish (Actinopterygii: Holostei) from the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of southeast France". Cretaceous Research. 37: 201–208. Bibcode:2012CrRes..37..201C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.020.
  • Forey, Peter L.; Patterson, Colin (2006). "Description and systematic relationships of †Tomognathus, an enigmatic fish from the English chalk". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 4 (2): 157–184. doi:10.1017/S1477201905001719. S2CID 86028273.