Gyrodus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform ray-finned fish that lived from the middle Jurassic (Bajocian) to the middle Cretaceous (Barremian).[2]
Gyrodus Temporal range:
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Gyrodus hexagonus from Solnhofen, Germany | |
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Gallery edit
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Gyrodus hexagonus
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Gyrodus circularis
References edit
- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 74. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Kriwet, Jürgen; Schmitz, Lars (2005). "New insight into the distribution and palaeobiology of the pycnodont fish Gyrodus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 49–56.
Further reading edit
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward