Orthocormus

Orthocormus is an extinct, prehistoric pachycormiform. It is known from three species found in Late Jurassic fossil deposits in Bavaria, Germany.

 Description 
This fish had a pointed rostrum, consisting of the rostrodermetmoid bone. It was also equipped with two large straight and sharp teeth. The rest of the jaws were armed with small conical teeth, although the others had sharp teeth at the front of the jaw.

 Classification 

 Discovery 
Orthocormus was first described in 1930, based on fossils found in Bavaria in the Solnhofen deposit.

 Species 
Orthocormus has three recognized species:

 Orthocormus cornutus Weitzel, 1930 (type species)
 Orthocormus roeperi Arratia & Schultze, 2013
 Orthocormus teyleri Lambers, 1988

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 Related pages 

 Triggerfish
 Euthynotus
 Pachycormus (fish)

 References 

 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
 "Orthocormus". Encyclopedia of Life.


 Further reading 

 Arratia, Gloria; Schultze, Hans-Peter (2013). "Outstanding features of a new Late Jurassic pachycormiform fish from the Kimmeridgian of Brunn, Germany and comments on current understanding of pachycormiforms". Mesozoic Fishes 5 - Global Diversity and Evolution Editors: Gloria Arratia, Hans-Peter Schultze, Mark V. H. Wilson. Verlag Dr. F. Pfeil: 87–120.
 "Pachycormiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.

 Other websites 

 Media related to Orthocormus at Wikimedia Commons

Category:Extinct fish
Category:Ray-finned fish
Category:Jurassic