Saurostomus

Saurostomus
Temporal range:
Fossil Saurostomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pachycormiformes
Genus: †
Agassiz, 1833
Species:
†S. esocinus
Binomial name
†Saurostomus esocinus
Agassiz, 1833
Model

Saurostomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.[1]

Palaeoecology

Fossils of Saurostomus esocinus containing coleoid gladii in their oesophagus have shown that the species fed on coleoids belonging to the species Teudopsis bollensis and on indeterminate loligosepiines.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Weis, Robert; Delsate, Dominique; Klug, Christian; Argyriou, Thodoris; Fuchs, Dirk (9 February 2024). "Pachycormid fish fed on octobrachian cephalopods: new evidence from the 'Schistes bitumineux' (early Toarcian) of southern Luxembourg". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 143 (1) 5. Bibcode:2024SwJP..143....5W. doi:10.1186/s13358-023-00295-1. ISSN 1664-2376.


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