Pycnodontidae
family of fishes
The Pycnodontidae are an extinct family of ray-finned fish that belong to the order Pycnodontiformes. They have large rounded teeth to crush mollusks.
Genera
change- Abdobalistum Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
- Acrotemnus Agassiz, 1843 (=Macropycnodon Shimada et al., 2010)
- Agassizilia Cooper & Martill, 2020
- Agoultpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021
- Akromystax Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2005
- Anomoeodus Forir, 1887
- Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
- Athrodon Sauvage, 1880
- Brauccipycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021
- Coelodus Heckel, 1854
- Costapycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2019
- Flagellipinna Cawley & Kriwet, 2019
- Gregoriopycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2020
- Haqelpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018
- Iemanja Wenz, 1989
- Libanopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018
- Macromesodon Blake, 1905
- Micropycnodon Hibbard & Graffham, 1945
- Neomesturus Cooper & Martill 2020
- Neoproscinetes de Figueiredo & Silva Santos, 1990
- Njoerdichthys Cawley, Lehmann, Wiese & Kriwet, 2020
- Nonaphalagodus Thurmond, 1974
- Nursallia Blot, 1987
- Ocloedus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
- Omphalodus von Meyer, 1847
- Oropycnodus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
- Palaeobalistum Blainville 1818
- Paranursallia Taverne et al. 2015
- Polazzodus Poyato-Ariza 2010
- Polypsephis Hay, 1899
- Potiguara Machado & Brito, 2006
- Proscinetes Gistl, 1848
- Pycnodus Agassiz, 1835
- Pycnomicrodon Hibbard and Graffham, 1941
- Rhinopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2013
- Scalacurvichthys Cawley & Kriwet, 2017
- Sigmapycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018
- Stemmatodus Heckel, 1856
- Stenamara Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2000
- Sylvienodus Poyato-Ariza, 2013
- Tepexichthys Applegate, 1992
- Tergestinia Capasso, 2000
- Texasensis Özdikmen, 2009
- Thiollierepycnodus Ebert, 2020
- Turbomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2004
- Typodus Quenstedt, 1858
Gallery
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References
change- Shimada, Kenshu; Portillo, Diane S.; Cronin, Timothy J. (2021). "A new pycnodont specimen (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, confirming the bony fish genus Macropycnodon as a junior synonym of Acrotemnus". Cretaceous Research.
Other websites
change- Data related to Pycnodontidae at Wikidata