Pycnodontidae

Pycnodontidae
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Priabonian
Specimen of Pycnodus apodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pycnodontiformes
Family: †Pycnodontidae
Agassiz, 1835
Type genus
†Pycnodus
Agassiz, 1835
Genera

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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]

Genera

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The following genera are known:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Voss, Manja; Antar, Mohammed Sameh M.; Zalmout, Iyad S.; Gingerich, Philip D. (2019-01-09). "Stomach contents of the archaeocete Basilosaurus isis: Apex predator in oceans of the late Eocene". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0209021. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1409021V. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209021. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6326415. PMID 30625131.
  2. ^ a b c d e Poyato-Ariza, Francisco; Wenz, Sylvie (January 2002). "A new insight into pycnodontiform fishes". Geodiversitas. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ Vullo, Romain; Cavin, Lionel; Khalloufi, Bouziane; Amaghzaz, Mbarek; Bardet, Nathalie; Jalil, Nour-Eddine; Jourani, Essaid; Khaldoune, Fatima; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2017-07-28). "A unique Cretaceous–Paleogene lineage of piranha-jawed pycnodont fishes". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 6802. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.6802V. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06792-x. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5533729. PMID 28754956.
  4. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  5. ^ Shimada, Kenshu; Portillo, Diane S.; Cronin, Timothy J. (2021-08-01). "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. 124: 104797. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12404797S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104797. ISSN 0195-6671.
  6. ^ Cooper, Samuel L. A.; Martill, David M. (2020-08-01). "A diverse assemblage of pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous, continental Kem Kem Group of south-east Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 112: 104456. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11204456C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104456. ISSN 0195-6671.
  7. ^ Poyato-Ariza, Francisco José; Wenz, Sylvie (2005-03-11). "Akromystax tilmachiton gen. et sp. nov., a new pycnodontid fish from the Lebanese Late Cretaceous of Haqel and En Nammoura". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 27–45. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0027:ATGESN]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
  8. ^ Taverne, Louis; Capasso, Luigi (2021). "Osteology and relationships of Brauccipycnodus pillae gen. nov. from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Pietraroja (Campania, southern Italy)". Geo-Eco-Trop. 45: 161–175.
  9. ^ "The pycnodont fishes from the Lower Cretaceous of the Capo d'Orlando, near Castellammare di Stabia (Naples, Campania, southern Italy), with the description of the new genus Costapycnodus". ricerca.unich.it. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  10. ^ "Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Gregoriopycnodus bassanii gen. nov., a pycnodont fish (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Pietraroja (southern Italy)". www.museiscienzenaturaliefisiche.it. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  11. ^ "Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Haqelpycnodus picteti gen. and sp. nov., a new pycnodont fish genus (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Late cCretaceous tropical sea of Lebanon". ricerca.unich.it. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  12. ^ a b Taverne, Louis; Capasso, Luigi (2018-03-28). "Osteology and relationships of Libanopycnodus wenzi gen. et sp. nov. and Sigmapycnodus giganteus gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon". European Journal of Taxonomy (420). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.420. ISSN 2118-9773.
  13. ^ Cawley, John; Lehmann, Jens; Wiese, Frank; Kriwet, Jürgen (2020-12-01). "Njoerdichthys dyckerhoffi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes, lower Turonian) northward migration caused by the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum". Cretaceous Research. 116: 104590. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11604590C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104590. ISSN 0195-6671. PMC 7611863. PMID 34690488.
  14. ^ Machado, Lúcio Paulo C.; Brito, Paulo M. (2006-03-30). "The new genus Potiguara (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of northeast Brazil". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[1:TNGPAP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
  15. ^ Taverne, Louis; Capasso, Luigi (2013-12-04). "Osteology and relationships of Rhinopycnodus gabriellae gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon". European Journal of Taxonomy (67). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.67. ISSN 2118-9773.
  16. ^ Poyato-Ariza, Francisco Jose; Wenz, Sylvie (2000). "A new pycnodontiform fish from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoyas (Cuenca, Spain)". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 171 (2): 251–258. doi:10.2113/171.2.251. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  17. ^ Pacheco-Ordaz, Stephanie; Mejía, Omar; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2025-02-01). "Tahnaichthys magnuserrata gen. and sp. nov., a double-hump pycnodontid (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) fish from the Albian limestones of the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 152: 105277. Bibcode:2025JSAES.15205277P. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105277. ISSN 0895-9811.
  18. ^ Özdikmen, H. (2009-01-06). "Texasensis nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied fossil fish genus Callodus Thurmond, 1974 (Osteichthyes: Pycnodontiformes)". Texasensis Nom. Nov., A New Name for the Preoccupied Fossil Fish Genus Callodus Thurmond, 1974 (Osteichthyes: Pycnodontiformes). 4 (2): 616. ISSN 1306-3022.
  19. ^ Zhou, Xiaohu; You, Jiyuan; Jin, Jun; Feng, Qiao; Luo, Zhengjiang; Hu, Jinxin; Li, Yongjie (2023-09-02). "A minute freshwater pycnodont fish from the Late Cretaceous on the southern margin of the Junggar Basin: Palaeoecological implications". Historical Biology. 35 (9): 1528–1535. Bibcode:2023HBio...35.1528Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2099274. ISSN 0891-2963.
  20. ^ Martin Ebert (2020). "A new genus of Pycnodontidae (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Jurassic of France and Germany, included in a phylogeny of Pycnodontiformes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 434–454. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz087.
  21. ^ Cawley, John Joseph; Kriwet, Jürgen (2019-03-04). "A new genus and species of pycnodontid fish Flagellipinna rhomboides , gen. et sp. nov. (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes), from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon, with notes on juvenile form and ecology". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (2): e1614012. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E4012C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1614012. ISSN 0272-4634. PMC 6817322. PMID 31709027.
  22. ^ Taverne, Louis; Layeb, Mohsen; Layeb-Tounsi, Yosra; Gaudant, Jean (2015). "Paranursallia spinosa n. gen., n. sp., a new Upper Cretaceous pycnodontiform fish from the Eurafrican Mesogea". Geodiversitas. 37 (2): 215–227. Bibcode:2015Geodv..37..215T. doi:10.5252/g2015n2a3. ISSN 1280-9659.
  23. ^ Taverne, Louis; Capasso, Luigi (2021). "Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii gen. and sp. nov., a new pycnodont fish genus (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Morocco". Geo-Eco-Trop. 45: 487–495.
  24. ^ Cawley, John; Kriwet, Jürgen (14 June 2017). "A new pycnodont fish, Scalacurvichthys naishi gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of Israel". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (8): 659–673. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1330772. PMC 5849399. PMID 29551954.
  25. ^ Poyato-Ariza, Francisco José (2013). "Sylvienodus, a new replacement genus for the Cretaceous pycnodontiform fish "Pycnodus" laveirensis". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12 (2): 91–100. Bibcode:2013CRPal..12...91P. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.01.001. ISSN 1631-0683.
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