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Pycnodontidae
Extinct family of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
- Neoproscinetes de Figueiredo & Silva Santos, 1990
- Proscinetes Gistl, 1848
- ?Thiollierepycnodus Ebert, 2020[20]
- ?Turbomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2004
- Turboscinetes Ebert, 2016
- Subfamily Nursalliinae
- Abdobalistum Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[2]
- Flagellipinna Cawley & Kriwet, 2019[21]
- Neomesturus Cooper & Martill 2020
- Nursallia Blot, 1987
- Palaeobalistum Blainville 1818
- Paranursallia Taverne et al. 2015[22]
- Subfamily Pycnodontinae
- Agoultpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021[23]
- Oropycnodus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[2]
- Polazzodus Poyato-Ariza 2010
- Pycnodus Agassiz, 1835
- Scalacurvichthys Cawley & Kriwet, 2017[24]
- Sylvienodus Poyato-Ariza, 2013[25]
- Tergestinia Capasso, 2000
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