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Pycnodus
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Pycnodus

Pycnodus (from Greek for crowded teeth) is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish ranging from the Cretaceous to Eocene periods. As its name suggests, it is the type genus of Pycnodontiformes.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pycnodus cretaceus

speciesPycnodus cretaceus

Pycnodus lametae

speciesPycnodus lametae

Pycnodus laveirensis

speciesPycnodus laveirensis

Pycnodus dattai

speciesPycnodus dattai

Pycnodus nardoensis

speciesPycnodus nardoensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 471368.