Pycnodontidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Jurassic period until the 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.[1][2]
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| Specimen of Pycnodus apodus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae Agassiz, 1835 |
| Type genus | |
| †Pycnodus Agassiz, 1835
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Genera
editThe following genera are known:[3]
- Family Pycnodontidae Agassiz, 1835
- Acrotemnus Agassiz, 1843 (=Macropycnodon Shimada et al., 2010)[4]
- ?Agassizilia Cooper & Martill, 2020[5]
- Akromystax Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2005[6]
- Anomoeodus Forir, 1887
- Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[1]
- Athrodon Sauvage, 1880
- Brauccipycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021[7]
- Coelodus Heckel, 1854
- Costapycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2019[8]
- Gregoriopycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2020[9]
- Haqelpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018[10]
- Iemanja Wenz, 1989
- Libanopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018[11]
- Macromesodon Blake, 1905
- Micropycnodon Hibbard & Graffham, 1945
- Njoerdichthys Cawley, Lehmann, Wiese & Kriwet, 2020[12]
- Nonaphalagodus Thurmond, 1974
- Ocloedus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[1]
- Omphalodus von Meyer, 1847
- Polypsephis Hay, 1899 (=Microdon Agassiz 1833 (preoccupied))
- Potiguara Machado & Brito, 2006[13]
- Pycnomicrodon Hibbard and Graffham, 1941
- Rhinopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2013[14]
- Sigmapycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018[11]
- Sphaerodus Agassiz, 1843
- Stemmatodus Heckel, 1856
- Stenamara Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2000[15]
- Tepexichthys Applegate, 1992
- Texasensis Özdikmen, 2009 (=Callodus Thurmond, 1974 (preoccupied))[16]
- Typodus Quenstedt, 1858 (=Mesodon Wagner, 1851)
- "Xinjiangodus" Zhou et al., 2023[17] (junior homonym)
- Subfamily Proscinetinae
- Neoproscinetes de Figueiredo & Silva Santos, 1990
- Proscinetes Gistl, 1848
- ?Thiollierepycnodus Ebert, 2020[18]
- ?Turbomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2004
- Turboscinetes Ebert, 2016
- Subfamily Nursalliinae
- Abdobalistum Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[1]
- Flagellipinna Cawley & Kriwet, 2019[19]
- Neomesturus Cooper & Martill 2020
- Nursallia Blot, 1987
- Palaeobalistum Blainville 1818
- Paranursallia Taverne et al. 2015[20]
- Subfamily Pycnodontinae
- Agoultpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021[21]
- Oropycnodus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002[1]
- Polazzodus Poyato-Ariza 2010
- Pycnodus Agassiz, 1835
- Scalacurvichthys Cawley & Kriwet, 2017[22]
- Sylvienodus Poyato-Ariza, 2013[23]
- Tergestinia Capasso, 2000
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Poyato-Ariza, Francisco; Wenz, Sylvie (January 2002). "A new insight into pycnodontiform fishes". Geodiversitas. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06792-x. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5533729.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. doi:10.5252/g2015n2a3. ISSN 1280-9659.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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