Definition of Pycnodont. Meaning of Pycnodont. Synonyms of Pycnodont

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Definition of Pycnodont

Pycnodont
Pycnodont Pyc"no*dont, n. [Gr. ? thick, crowded + ?, ?, a tooth.] (Paleon.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.

Meaning of Pycnodont from wikipedia

- neopterygians was their effectiveness at adapting to different diets. Pycnodonts from the Late Tri****ic Zorzino Limestone in Italy had short and stout...
- (2017-07-28). "A unique Cretaceous–Paleogene lineage of piranha-jawed pycnodont fishes". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 6802. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06792-x...
- pycnodontid Flagellipinna rhomboides. An incredible diversity of fossil pycnodonts of various, highly unusual body plans is known, in addition to the earliest...
- Paranursallia is a pycnodont fish from the Late Cretaceous of Italy and Morocco. AMALFITANO, JACOPO; GIUSBERTI, LUCA; FORNACIARI, ELIANA; CARNEVALE, GIORGIO...
- Paleontology 36:1-122 Matsui, K.; Kimura, Y. (2022). "A "Mammalian-like" Pycnodont Fish: Independent Acquisition of Thecodont Implantation, True Vertical...
- relationships of Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii gen. and sp. nov., a new pycnodont fish genus (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Morocco"...
- Mesturidae is a family of pycnodont fishes. Mesturidae in the Paleobiology Database Jones, Lewis A. (2022-11-23). "sepkoski: Sepkoski's Fossil Marine...
- Neomesturus is a possible nurasaline pycnodont from the Late Cretaceous Kem Kem group and Akrabou Formation of Morocco. Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill,...
- such as Clevosaurus are described as "carn****ial-like". A lineage of pycnodont fish also developed carn****ials eerily convergent with those of modern...
- Jones, 1981 (alternately considered a pycnodont) Genus ?†Hadrodus Leidy, 1857 (alternately considered a pycnodont) Family †Pleurolepididae Lütken 1871...