Athrodon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Genus: | †Athrodon Sauvage, 1880 |
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| Athrodon douvillei Sauvage 1880
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Athrodon is an extinct genus of marine pycnodontid fish that lived in shallow seas in what is now England, Germany, Spain and France from the Late Jurassic until the genus' extinction during the start of the late Cretaceous.[1] The various species are very similar in splenial bone and tooth morphology to Mesodon. Otherwise, no articulated or complete specimen is known: all fossil specimens are bone fragments and disarticulated teeth. This genus is thought to be diagnosed by the presence of four lateral tooth rows. The presence of this genusin the Cretaceous is disputed, as the remains of Cretaceous species could belong to other genera.[2]
The following species are known:[1][2]
- A. crassus Woodward, 1893
- A. intermedius Woodward, 1893
- A. jessoni Woodward, 1895
- A. boloniensis Sauvage, 1880
- A. profusidens (Cornuel, 1886)
- A. tenuis Woodward, 1893
- A. wittei (Sauvage, 1880)
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ a b Kriwet, J. (2008-08-01). "The dentition of the enigmatic pycnodont fish, Athrodon wittei (Fricke, 1876) (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes; Late Jurassic; NW Germany)". Fossil Record. 11 (2): 61–66. doi:10.1002/mmng.200800002. ISSN 2193-0066.
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- Pycnodontiformes genera
- Jurassic bony fish
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Late Jurassic fish of Europe
- Cretaceous fish of Europe
- Kimmeridgian genus first appearances
- Cenomanian genus extinctions
- Fossils of England
- Fossils of Spain
- Fossils of France
- Fossils of Germany
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Jurassic fish stubs
- Cretaceous fish stubs
- Fossil taxa described in 1880
- Taxa named by Henri Émile Sauvage