Strongylosteus
| Strongylosteus Temporal range: Early Toarcian | |
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| Strongylosteus hindenburgi fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Chondrosteiformes |
| Family: | †Chondrosteidae |
| Genus: | †Strongylosteus Jaekel, 1929 |
| Species: | †S. hindenburgi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Strongylosteus hindenburgi (Pompeckj, 1914) | |
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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. Its type species is Strongylosteus hindenburgi (monotypy). It is related to modern sturgeon and paddlefish (Acipenseroidei).