Aspidorhynchiformes

Taxobox
name=Aspidorhynchiformes
fossil_range=Middle Jurassic - Late Cretaceous

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image_caption="Aspidorhynchus acustirostris"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
infraphylum = Gnathostomata
superclassis = Osteichthyes
ordo=Aspidorhynchiformes
ordo_authority=Bleeker, 1859
familia=Aspidorhynchidae
familia_authority=Bleeker, 1859

Aspidorhynchiformes (meaning "shield snout form") is an extinct order of prehistoric fish that was described by Bleeker in 1859.

Aspidorhynchiformes has one family, which is divided into two genuses::*Aspidorhynchidae::*"Aspidorhynchus"::*"Belonostomus"

Fossils range have been found in the United States, France, Italy, Russia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Uzbekistan. These fossils range from 167.7mya ("Aspidorhynchus") to 65.5mya ("Belonostomus longirostris").

Reference

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=63028&is_real_user=1