Pycnosteus is an extinct genus of jawless fish from the Devonian. It is thought to have cruised through vegetation, eating small invertebrates which it knocked loose .[1]

Pycnosteus
Temporal range: Eifelian–Givetian
Pycnosteus tuberculata
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Pycnosteus

Preobrazensky, 1911
Binomial name
Pycnosteus tuberculata
Preobrazensky, 1911

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  1. ^ "Pteraspidomorphi: Psammosteida (2): Guerichosteids, Pycnosteids, Psammosteids & Psammolepis". Palaeos Vertebrates.
  • Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson
  • Vertebrate Fossils and the Evolution of Scientific Concepts by W. Sargeant