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Strongylosteus
| Strongylosteus | |
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| Strongylosteus hindenburgi fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Chondrosteiformes |
| Family: | †Chondrosteidae |
| Genus: | †Strongylosteus Jaekel, 1929 |
| Species: | †S. hindenburgi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Strongylosteus hindenburgi (Pompeckj, 1914)
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| Synonyms | |
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Strongylosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Toarcian age of the Early Jurassic epoch.[1][2] Its type species is Strongylosteus hindenburgi (monotypy). It is related to modern sturgeon and paddlefish (Acipenseroidei).[2]
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b Hennig, E. (1925). Chondrosteus Hindenburgi Pomp.---Ein «Stör» des württembergischen Ölschiefers (Lias\epsilon). Palaeontographica (1846-1933), 115–134.
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