Asthenocormus Explained

Asthenocormus is an extinct genus of large marine pachycormiform ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, A. titanius.^[1] A member of the edentulous suspension feeding clade within the Pachycormiformes, fossils have been found in the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of Bavaria, Germany.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . July 23, 2011 .
2. Maxwell. Erin. Lambers. Paul. Lopez-Arbarello. Adriana. Schweigert. Günter. 2020. Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. 10.4202/app.00749.2020. 0567-7920. free.
3. Friedman . Matt . Shimada . Kenshu . Martin . Larry D. . Everhart . Michael J. . Liston . Jeff . Maltese . Anthony . Triebold . Michael . 2010-02-19 . 100-Million-Year Dynasty of Giant Planktivorous Bony Fishes in the Mesozoic Seas . Science . en . 327 . 5968 . 990–993 . 10.1126/science.1184743 . 0036-8075.