Pycnodontidae Temporal range: | |
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Specimen of Pycnodus apodus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Pycnodontiformes |
Family: | † Pycnodontidae Agassiz, 1835 |
Type genus | |
† Pycnodus Agassiz, 1835 | |
Genera | |
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Pycnodontidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Jurassic period until the Late Eocene. [1] 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. [2] [3]
The following genera are known: [4]