Pycnodontidae

Pycnodontidae
Temporal range:
Specimen of Pycnodus apodus
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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