Pycnodontidae

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.

Genera

Thiollierepycnodus wagneri
Proscinetes elegans
Palaeobalistum goedeli

References

  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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