Pycnodontidae
Sign in to savePycnodontidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Jurassic period until the Late Eocene. 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.
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Pycnodontidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Jurassic period until the Late Eocene. 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.
==Genera== The following genera are known: Family Pycnodontidae Agassiz, 1835 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 Gregoriopycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2020 Haqelpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018 Iemanja Wenz, 1989 Libanopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018 Macromesodon Blake, 1905 Micropycnodon Hibbard & Graffham, 1945 Njoerdichthys Cawley, Lehmann, Wiese & Kriwet, 2020 Nonaphalagodus Thurmond, 1974 Ocloedus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 Omphalodus von Meyer, 1847 Polypsephis Hay, 1899 (=Microdon Agassiz 1833 (preoccupied)) Potiguara Machado & Brito, 2006 Pycnomicrodon Hibbard and Graffham, 1941 Rhinopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2013 Scalacurvichthys Cawley & Kriwet, 2017 Sigmapycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018'' Sphaerodus Agassiz, 1843 Stemmatodus Heckel, 1856 Stenamara Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2000 Tahnaichthys Pacheco-Ordaz, Mejía & Alvarado-Ortega, 2025 Tepexichthys Applegate, 1992 Texasensis Özdikmen, 2009 (=Callodus Thurmond, 1974 (preoccupied)) Typodus Quenstedt, 1858 (=Mesodon Wagner, 1851) "Xinjiangodus" Zhou et al., 2023 (junior homonym) Subfamily Proscinetinae Neoproscinetes de Figueiredo & Silva Santos, 1990 Proscinetes Gistl, 1848 ?Thiollierepycnodus Ebert, 2020 ?Turbomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2004 Turboscinetes Ebert, 2016 Subfamily Nursalliinae Abdobalistum Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 Flagellipinna Cawley & Kriwet, 2019 Neomesturus Cooper & Martill 2020 Nursallia Blot, 1987 Palaeobalistum Blainville 1818 Paranursallia Taverne et al. 2015 Subfamily Pycnodontinae Oropycnodus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 Polazzodus Poyato-Ariza 2010 Pycnodus Agassiz, 1835 Sylvienodus Poyato-Ariza, 2013 Tergestinia'' Capasso, 2000