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Pycnodontidae

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Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Jurassic period until the Late Eocene.[1] It was the largest and most derived family of the successful Mesozoic fish order Pycnodontiformes, and one of only two families (alongside the Serrasalmimidae) to survive into the Cenozoic.[2][3]

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The following genera are known:[4]

  • Family Pycnodontidae Agassiz, 1835
    • Acrotemnus Agassiz, 1843 (=Macropycnodon Shimada et al., 2010)[5]
    •  ?Agassizilia Cooper & Martill, 2020[6]
    • Akromystax Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2005[7]
    • Anomoeodus Forir, 1887
    • Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[2]
    • Athrodon Sauvage, 1880
    • Brauccipycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021[8]
    • Coelodus Heckel, 1854
    • Costapycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2019[9]
    • Gregoriopycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2020[10]
    • Haqelpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018[11]
    • Iemanja Wenz, 1989
    • Libanopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018[12]
    • Macromesodon Blake, 1905
    • Micropycnodon Hibbard & Graffham, 1945
    • Njoerdichthys Cawley, Lehmann, Wiese & Kriwet, 2020[13]
    • Nonaphalagodus Thurmond, 1974
    • Ocloedus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[2]
    • Omphalodus von Meyer, 1847
    • Polypsephis Hay, 1899 (=Microdon Agassiz 1833 (preoccupied))
    • Potiguara Machado & Brito, 2006[14]
    • Pycnomicrodon Hibbard and Graffham, 1941
    • Rhinopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2013[15]
    • Sigmapycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018[12]
    • Sphaerodus Agassiz, 1843
    • Stemmatodus Heckel, 1856
    • Stenamara Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2000[16]
    • Tahnaichthys Pacheco-Ordaz, Mejía & Alvarado-Ortega, 2025[17]
    • Tepexichthys Applegate, 1992
    • Texasensis Özdikmen, 2009 (=Callodus Thurmond, 1974 (preoccupied))[18]
    • Typodus Quenstedt, 1858 (=Mesodon Wagner, 1851)
    • "Xinjiangodus" Zhou et al., 2023[19] (junior homonym)
    • Subfamily Proscinetinae
    • Subfamily Nursalliinae
    • Subfamily Pycnodontinae
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