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Pycnodus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pycnodus Agassiz p. 16 figs. Vol I, Pl G, fig 1
1835Pycnodus Agassiz p. 38ff
1873Pycnodus Leidy p. 349
1878Pycnodus Cope p. 298
1895Pycnodus Woodward p. 275
1902Pycnodus Hay p. 373
1946Pycnodus Casier p. 112
1946Pycnodus Rapp p. 511
1966Pycnodus Casier p. 104
1975Pycnodus Sahni and Mishra p. 12
1987Pycnodus Kumar and Loyal p. 68
1996Pycnodus Nursall p. 137
1998Pycnodus Weems p. 149
1999Pycnodus Goodwin et al. p. 732
1999Pycnodus Weems p. 55
2002Pycnodus Sepkoski
2014Pycnodus Bannikov p. 25
2014Pycnodus Carnevale et al. p. 41
2016Pycnodus Maisch et al. p. 5
2019Pycnodus Cantalice et al. p. 432
2019Pycnodus Ebersole et al. p. 152

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

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.

G. †Pycnodus Agassiz 1833
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Pycnodus angustus Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus apodus Volta 1796
Pycnodus bicresta Kumar and Loyal 1987
Pycnodus bowerbanki Egerton 1877
Pycnodus carolinensis Emmons 1858
Pycnodus comminuens Hay 1916
Pycnodus complanatus Agassiz 1834
Pycnodus couloni Agassiz 1843
Pycnodus cretaceus Agassiz 1839
Pycnodus depressus Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus didymus Agassiz 1839
Pycnodus flabellatus Cope 1885
Pycnodus gigas Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus granulatus Münster 1846
Pycnodus hugii Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus jugleri Münster 1846
Pycnodus lametae Woodward 1908
Pycnodus latior Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus latirostris Agassiz 1843
Pycnodus mantellii Agassiz 1839
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Invalid names: Pycnodus microdon Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
Pycnodus minutus Münster 1846
Pycnodus munsteri Agassiz 1839
Pycnodus nicoleti Agassiz 1839
Pycnodus orbicularis Volta 1796
Pycnodus ovalis Agassiz 1839
Pycnodus parallelus Dixon 1850
Pycnodus planidens Hay 1916
Pycnodus platessus Blainville 1818
Pycnodus praecursor Dartevelle and Casier 1949
Pycnodus preufsii Münster 1846
Pycnodus priscus Henry 1876
Pycnodus robustus Leidy 1857
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Pycnodus umbonatus Agassiz 1833
Pycnodus variabilis Stromer 1905
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 168.30000 to 37.20000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom P. sp. (131844)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) P. minutus, P. jugleri, P. granulatus, P. preufsii, P. gigas, P. nicoleti, P. ovalis, P. didymus (67913)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) P. sp. (144342)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ethiopia (Shewa) P. sp. (48841)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (91990)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland P. cylindricus (2225)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal P. sp. (65680)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland P. sp. (2217 2247)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France P. cylindricus (2222)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland P. couloni (2198 2256 2259)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Switzerland P. couloni (2197)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0France P. couloni (2195)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Switzerland P. complanatus, P. munsteri (2175 2232)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France P. munsteri, P. couloni (2186)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Algeria (El Bayadh) P. sp. (206288)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland P. obliquus (2237)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Algeria P. sp. (187588)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Italy (Campania) P. gigas (112631)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) P. sp. (59341)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (El Bayadh) P. sp. (206286)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Er Rachida) P. sp. (120457)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) P. cretaceus (143065)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) P. sp. (143152)
Campanian - Paleocene83.6 - 56.0Mali P. jonesae (202360)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) P. bicresta (222693) P. sp. (58100)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) P. bicresta, Pycnodontidae indet. (60397) P. lametai (11604)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mali P. jonesae, P. sp. (114954)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) P. sp. (226125)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) P. sp. (178660)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) P. sp. (172948)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) P. bicresta, P. sp. (58102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) P. lametae (122240 153368) P. sp. (27014)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Mexico (Chiapas) P. sp. (190738 190739)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Saudi Arabia (Makkah) P. sp. (140955) P. very large sp. (140972 140975) P. very large sp., P. medium sized sp. (140970 140974)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Mali P. jonesae (202361) P. sp. (202362)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Mali P. jonesae (193687)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger P. praecursor (229530)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Togo (Maritime) P. variabilis (167948)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (152240)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6India P. sp. (91316)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) P. pellei (42459)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium P. sp. (219001 219004 219005 219006)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) P. toliapicus (31267 31269)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy P. apodus (94830)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) P. sp., P. toliapicus, P. bowerbanki (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mali (Gao) P. maliensis, P. zeaformis, P. sp. (175262)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. sp. (81179 209524)
Ypresian - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.2India (Jammu and Kashmir) P. toliapicus (31298)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) P. sp. (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) P. bowerbanki (164192)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. sp. (209368 209521)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine P. sp. (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kutch) P. sp. (45590)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Jammu and Kashmir) P. bicresta (31299)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (41888) P. toliapicus (41989 41998)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt P. mokattamensis (198761)