Chondrosteidae

Skeleton of a Chondrosteus

The Chondrosteidae are an extinct family of chondrosteans from the Lower Jurassic of Europe. They are closely related to sturgeons and paddlefish.

Genera

• †Chondrosteus Egerton, 1858 (ex Agassiz, 1834)
• †Gyrosteus Woodward, 1889 (ex Agassiz, 1834)
• †Strongylosteus Jaekel, 1931

Chondrosteidae Media

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  Fossil of Chondrosteus acipenseroides from Lyme Regis

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  Strongylosteus hindenburgi fossil from Posidonia Shale, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

References

1. Louis Agassiz (1833–43). Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles, Tome I. Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchâtel. pp. 1–188.
2. Hornung, Jahn J.; Sachs, Sven (2020). "First record of Gyrosteus mirabilis (Actinopterygii, Chondrosteidae) from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of the Baltic region". PeerJ.
3. Hilton, Eric J. (2009). "Redescription of Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton, 1858 (Acipenseriformes, Chondrosteidae) from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis (Dorset, England), with comments on the early evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes". ResearchGate.

Fossil of a Strongylosteus

Other websites

• Data related to Chondrosteidae at Wikidata