Pycnodontidae

The Pycnodontidae are an extinct family of ray-finned fish that belong to the order Pycnodontiformes. They have large rounded teeth to crush mollusks.

 Genera 

 Abdobalistum Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
 Acrotemnus Agassiz, 1843 (=Macropycnodon Shimada et al., 2010)
 Agassizilia Cooper & Martill, 2020
 Agoultpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021
 Akromystax Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2005
 Anomoeodus Forir, 1887
 Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
 Athrodon Sauvage, 1880
 Brauccipycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2021
 Coelodus Heckel, 1854
 Costapycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2019
 Flagellipinna Cawley & Kriwet, 2019
 Gregoriopycnodus Taverne, Capasso & del Re, 2020
 Haqelpycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018
 Iemanja Wenz, 1989
 Libanopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018
 Macromesodon Blake, 1905
 Micropycnodon Hibbard & Graffham, 1945
 Neomesturus Cooper & Martill 2020
 Neoproscinetes de Figueiredo & Silva Santos, 1990
 Njoerdichthys Cawley, Lehmann, Wiese & Kriwet, 2020
 Nonaphalagodus Thurmond, 1974
 Nursallia Blot, 1987
 Ocloedus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
 Omphalodus von Meyer, 1847
 Oropycnodus Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002
 Palaeobalistum Blainville 1818
 Paranursallia Taverne et al. 2015
 Polazzodus Poyato-Ariza 2010
 Polypsephis Hay, 1899
 Potiguara Machado & Brito, 2006
 Proscinetes Gistl, 1848
 Pycnodus Agassiz, 1835
 Pycnomicrodon Hibbard and Graffham, 1941
 Rhinopycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2013
 Scalacurvichthys Cawley & Kriwet, 2017
 Sigmapycnodus Taverne & Capasso, 2018
 Stemmatodus Heckel, 1856
 Stenamara Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2000
 Sylvienodus Poyato-Ariza, 2013
 Tepexichthys Applegate, 1992
 Tergestinia Capasso, 2000
 Texasensis Özdikmen, 2009
 Thiollierepycnodus Ebert, 2020
 Turbomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2004
 Typodus Quenstedt, 1858

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 References 

 Shimada, Kenshu; Portillo, Diane S.; Cronin, Timothy J. (2021). "A new pycnodont specimen (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, confirming the bony fish genus Macropycnodon as a junior synonym of Acrotemnus". Cretaceous Research.


 Other websites 

 Data related to Pycnodontidae at Wikidata

Category:Ray-finned fish
Category:Extinct fish