Biology:Tomognathus

Short description: Genus of fishes

Tomognathus Temporal range: Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Amiiformes
Genus:	Tomognathus Dixon, 1850

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

• Cavin, Lionel; Giner, Stephen (2012). "A large halecomorph fish (Actinopterygii: Holostei) from the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of southeast France". Cretaceous Research 37: 201–208. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.020. Bibcode: 2012CrRes..37..201C. 
• 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. 

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