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Pycnodus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : Pycnodus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pycnodontiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | durophage, carnivore (based on Pycnodontiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (livr. 4). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pycnodus apodus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Pycnodus bicresta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Pycnodus bowerbanki ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
Pycnodus carolinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus comminuens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus flabellatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus gigas ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Pycnodus granulatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Pycnodus jugleri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Pycnodus lametae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Pycnodus minutus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Pycnodus orbicularis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus parallelus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus planidens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus platessus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus preufsii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Pycnodus priscus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus robustus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus rotundatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pycnodus toliapicus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1835 | Pycnodus Agassiz p. 34ff |
1873 | Pycnodus Leidy p. 349 |
1878 | Pycnodus Cope p. 298 |
1895 | Pycnodus Woodward p. 275 |
1902 | Pycnodus Hay p. 373 |
1946 | Pycnodus Rapp p. 511 |
1966 | Pycnodus Casier p. 104 |
1975 | Pycnodus Sahni and Mishra p. 12 |
1987 | Pycnodus Kumar and Loyal p. 68 |
1996 | Pycnodus Nursall p. 137 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1998 | Pycnodus Weems p. 149 |
1999 | Pycnodus Goodwin et al. p. 732 |
1999 | Pycnodus Weems p. 55 |
2002 | Pycnodus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2014 | Pycnodus Bannikov p. 25 |
2014 | Pycnodus Carnevale et al. p. 41 |
2016 | Pycnodus Maisch et al. p. 5 |
2019 | Pycnodus Cantalice et al. p. 432 |
2019 | Pycnodus Ebersole et al. p. 152 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!