Definition of Pycnodonts. Meaning of Pycnodonts. Synonyms of Pycnodonts

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Definition of Pycnodonts

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 Pycnodonts 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...
- Jur****ic. This genus is currently treated as a wastebasket taxon used for pycnodonts like Macromesodon and Turbomesodon. Paleontology portal Fish portal Prehistoric...
- Paranursallia is a pycnodont fish from the Late Cretaceous of Italy and Morocco. AMALFITANO, JACOPO; GIUSBERTI, LUCA; FORNACIARI, ELIANA; CARNEVALE, GIORGIO...
- Turbomesodon. Both Neoproscinetes and Proscinetes are highly derived genera of pycnodonts. Voltani, Cibele (2011). "O ACERVO PALEOICTIOLĂ“GICO DO APTIANO-ALBIANO...
- Cretaceous. North American species could reach comparatively giant sizes for pycnodonts. The following species are known: A. faba Ag****iz, 1836 - Turonian of...
- Neomesturus is a possible nurasaline pycnodont from the Late Cretaceous Kem Kem group and Akrabou Formation of Morocco. Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill,...
- brevissimus An ellimmichthyiform clupeomorph. Anomoeodus A. angustus A pycnodont. A. muensteri Aulolepis A. typus A ctenothrissiform. Apsopelix A. anglicus...
- K.J.; Smith, R.E.; Martill, D. (2022). "Contrasting preservation in pycnodont fishes reveals first record of regurgitalites from the Upper Cretaceous...
- Mesturidae is a family of pycnodont fishes. Mesturidae in the Paleobiology Database Jones, Lewis A. (2022-11-23). "sepkoski: Sepkoski's Fossil Marine...
- only a single species, Congopycnodus cornutus. Its attribution to the pycnodonts has been disputed. Congopycnodus was described on the basis of skull fragments...