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Pycnodus
Taxonomy
Pycnodus was named by Agassiz (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: J u T Eo-m-u]. Its type is Coryphaena apoda.
It was assigned to Pycnodontes by Agassiz (1835); to Rhomboganoidei by Leidy (1873); to Pycnodontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Pycnodontinae by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002), Cantalice et al. (2019); and to Pycnodontidae by Cope (1878), Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Casier (1946), Rapp (1946), Casier (1966), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Nursall (1996), Weems (1998), Weems (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014), Maisch et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Sarr et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Pycnodontes by Agassiz (1835); to Rhomboganoidei by Leidy (1873); to Pycnodontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Pycnodontinae by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002), Cantalice et al. (2019); and to Pycnodontidae by Cope (1878), Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Casier (1946), Rapp (1946), Casier (1966), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Nursall (1996), Weems (1998), Weems (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014), Maisch et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Sarr et al. (2024).
Species
P. angustus, P. apodus (syn. Zeus platessus), P. bicresta, P. bowerbanki, P. carolinensis, P. comminuens, P. complanatus, P. couloni, P. cretaceus, P. depressus, P. didymus, P. gigas, P. granulatus, P. hugii, P. jugleri, P. lametae, P. latior, P. latirostris, P. mantellii (syn. P. microdon), P. minutus, P. munsteri, P. nicoleti, P. orbicularis, P. ovalis, P. parallelus, P. planidens, P. praecursor, P. preufsii, P. priscus, P. robustus, P. toliapicus, P. umbonatus, P. variabilis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1833 | Pycnodus Agassiz p. 16 figs. Vol I, Pl G, fig 1 |
| 1835 | Pycnodus Agassiz p. 38ff |
| 1873 | Pycnodus Leidy p. 349 |
| 1878 | Pycnodus Cope p. 298 |
| 1895 | Pycnodus Woodward p. 275 |
| 1902 | Pycnodus Hay p. 373 |
| 1946 | Pycnodus Casier p. 112 |
| 1946 | Pycnodus Rapp p. 511 |
| 1966 | Pycnodus Casier p. 104 |
| 1975 | Pycnodus Sahni and Mishra p. 12 |
| 1987 | Pycnodus Kumar and Loyal p. 68 |
| 1996 | Pycnodus Nursall p. 137 |
| 1998 | Pycnodus Weems p. 149 |
| 1999 | Pycnodus Goodwin et al. p. 732 |
| 1999 | Pycnodus Weems p. 55 |
| 2002 | Pycnodus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz |
| 2002 | Pycnodus Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Pycnodus Bannikov p. 25 |
| 2014 | Pycnodus Carnevale et al. p. 41 |
| 2016 | Pycnodus Maisch et al. p. 5 |
| 2019 | Pycnodus Cantalice et al. p. 432 |
| 2019 | Pycnodus Ebersole et al. p. 152 |
| 2024 | Pycnodus Sarr et al. p. 22 fig. 12 |
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G. †Pycnodus Agassiz 1833
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†Pycnodus angustus Agassiz 1833
†Pycnodus bicresta Kumar and Loyal 1987
†Pycnodus bowerbanki Egerton 1877
†Pycnodus carolinensis Emmons 1858
†Pycnodus comminuens Hay 1916
†Pycnodus complanatus Agassiz 1834
†Pycnodus couloni Agassiz 1843
†Pycnodus cretaceus Agassiz 1839
†Pycnodus depressus Agassiz 1833
†Pycnodus didymus Agassiz 1839
†Pycnodus gigas Agassiz 1833
†Pycnodus granulatus Münster 1846
†Pycnodus hugii Agassiz 1833
†Pycnodus jugleri Münster 1846
†Pycnodus lametae Woodward 1908
†Pycnodus latior Agassiz 1833
†Pycnodus latirostris Agassiz 1843
†Pycnodus minutus Münster 1846
†Pycnodus munsteri Agassiz 1839
†Pycnodus nicoleti Agassiz 1839
†Pycnodus orbicularis Volta 1796
†Pycnodus ovalis Agassiz 1839
†Pycnodus parallelus Dixon 1850
†Pycnodus planidens Hay 1916
†Pycnodus praecursor Dartevelle and Casier 1949
†Pycnodus preufsii Münster 1846
†Pycnodus priscus Henry 1876
†Pycnodus robustus Leidy 1857
†Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
†Pycnodus umbonatus Agassiz 1833
†Pycnodus variabilis Stromer 1905
†Pycnodus variabilis togoensis Stromer 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available