Gyrodus
Extinct genus of fishes
| Gyrodus Temporal range: Bajocian–Barremian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Gyrodus hexagonus from Solnhofen, Germany | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | Pycnodontidae |
| Genus: | Gyrodus Agassiz, 1843 |
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Gyrodus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform ray-finned fish that lived from the middle Jurassic (Bajocian) to the middle Cretaceous (Barremian).[2]
Gallery
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Gyrodus hexagonus -
Gyrodus circularis -
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References
- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 74. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Kriwet, Jürgen; Schmitz, Lars (2005). "New insight into the distribution and palaeobiology of the pycnodont fish Gyrodus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 49–56.
Further reading
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
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