| Asarotus
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Asarotiformes Schaeffer, 1968 |
| Family: | †Asarotidae Schaeffer, 1968 |
| Genus: | †Asarotus Schaeffer, 1968 |
| Species: |
†A. arcanus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Asarotus arcanus Schaeffer, 1968 | |
Asarotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Niobrara FormationofNebraska, during the Campanian.[1] The type species, A. arcanus is only known from poorly preserved single specimen, which makes hard to classify existing orders of Cretaceous actinopterygians. It is thus classified as the only member of its family Asarotidae and order Asarotiformes.[2][3] Some authorities consider it a late-surviving member of the "palaeonisciform" fishes.[2]
| Asarotus |
|
|---|---|
 | This article about a Cretaceous fish is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
