Pycnodus gigas Agassiz 1833 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Belongs to Pycnodus according to O. G. Costa 1864

See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843 and Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: Pycnodus angustus, Pycnodus apodus, Pycnodus bicresta, Pycnodus bowerbanki, Pycnodus carolinensis, Pycnodus comminuens, Pycnodus complanatus, Pycnodus couloni, Pycnodus cretaceus, Pycnodus depressus, Pycnodus didymus, Pycnodus flabellatus, Pycnodus granulatus, Pycnodus hugii, Pycnodus jugleri, Pycnodus lametae, Pycnodus latior, Pycnodus latirostris, Pycnodus mantellii, Pycnodus minutus, Pycnodus munsteri, Pycnodus nicoleti, Pycnodus orbicularis, Pycnodus ovalis, Pycnodus parallelus, Pycnodus planidens, Pycnodus platessus, Pycnodus praecursor, Pycnodus preufsii, Pycnodus priscus, Pycnodus robustus, Pycnodus toliapicus, Pycnodus umbonatus, Pycnodus variabilis

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Italy (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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