Fossil of Chondrosteus acipenseroides from Lyme RegisStrongylosteus hindenburgi fossil from Posidonia Shale, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Chondrosteidae/ˌkɒndroʊstiˈaɪdiː/ is a family of extinct marine actinopterygian fishes, known from the Early Jurassic of Europe. They are closely related to modern sturgeons and paddlefish of the order Acipenseriformes, and are either placed as part of that order[3] or the separate order Chondrosteiformes within the Chondrostei.[4] Three genera are known, Chondrosteus, Gyrosteus, and Strongylosteus.[5] Included species were of large size, with body lengths ranging from 2 metres (6.6 ft) up to 7 metres (23 ft). Their skeleton was largely made up of bones (unlike living chondrosteans), but ossification was reduced compared to other ray-fins.[6]
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Chondrosteidae /ˌkɒndroʊstiˈaɪdiː/ is a family of extinct marine actinopterygian fishes, known from the Early Jurassic of Europe. They are closely related...
and paddlefishes (Acipenseroidei), as well as the extinct families Chondrosteidae and Peipiaosteidae. They are the second earliest diverging group of...
Chondrostei Genus †Eochondrosteus Order †Chondrosteiformes Family †Chondrosteidae Order Acipenseriformes Family †Peipiaosteidae Suborder Acipenseroidei...
extinct marine actinopterygian (ray-finned fish) belonging to the family Chondrosteidae. It lived during the Hettangian and Sinemurian (early Early Jurassic)...
modern beluga sturgeon. Strongylosteus is a large member of the family Chondrosteidae and the largest non-reptilian marine vertebrate in the Posidonia Shale...
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