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Pycnodontinae

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Pycnodontinae was named by Agassiz (1833) [sensu Poyato-Ariza & Wenz 2002]. Its type is Pycnodonteini.

It was assigned to Pycnodontes by Poyato-Ariza (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pycnodontinae Agassiz
2010Pycnodontinae Poyato-Ariza p. 651

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
subfamilyPycnodontinaeAgassiz 1833
subfamilyPycnodontinaeAgassiz 1833

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Pycnodontinae Agassiz 1833
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G. †Polazzodus Poyato-Ariza 2010
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Polazzodus coronatus Poyato-Ariza 2010
G. †Scalacurvichthys Cawley and Kriwet 2018
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Scalacurvichthys naishi Cawley and Kriwet 2018
G. †Tepexichthys Applegate 1992
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Tepexichthys aranguthyorum Applegate 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 105.30000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Tepexichthys aranguthyorum (138747)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Tepexichthys aranguthyorum (136733 221159)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Palestinian Territory Scalacurvichthys naishi (221654)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Polazzodus sp. (150881)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Italy (Gorizia) Polazzodus coronatus (103811 116133)