Pycnodontiformes

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Ordo: †Pycnodontiformes
Familiae: †Brembodidae - †Coccodontidae - †Gebrayelichthyidae - †Gladiopycnodontidae - †Pycnodontidae - †Trewavasiidae ...

Overview of genera

inc. sedis †Acrorhinichthys – †Akromystax – †Brembodus – †Gibbodon – †Macromesodon – †Mercediella – †Thurmondella – †Rhinopycnodus
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References

• Nursall, J.R. (2010): The case for pycnodont fishes as the fossil sister-group of teleosts. In: Nelson J.S., Schultze H.-P. & Wilson M.V.H. (eds) Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts: 37–60. Verlag Dr. F. Pfeil, München.