Asthenocormus

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][4]

Asthenocormus Temporal range: Early Tithonian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Asthenocormus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pachycormiformes
Family:	†Pachycormidae
Subfamily:	†Asthenocorminae
Genus:	†Asthenocormus Woodward, 1895
Species:	†A. titanius
Binomial name
†Asthenocormus titanius (Wagner, 1863)

Restoration

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish