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Pycnodontidae

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Pycnodus apodus

The Pycnodontidae are an extinct family of ray-finned fish that belong to the order Pycnodontiformes. They have large rounded teeth to crush mollusks.

  • 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
Thiollierepycnodus wagneri
Proscinetes elegans
Palaeobalistum goedeli

References

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  1. 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.
Pycnodus platessus

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