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Gyrodus
Temporal range: Rhaetian-Cenomanian
~205.6–94.3 Ma
Gyrodus hexagonus from Kelheim, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Pycnodontiformes
Family:
Pycnodontidae
Genus:
Gyrodus

Species
  • G. circularis[citation needed]
  • G. cordillera Martill et al. 1998
  • G. cretaceus Agassiz 1844
  • G. hexagonus[citation needed]
  • G. huiliches Gouiric-Cavalli et al. 2019
  • G. milium Henry 1876

Gyrodus is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform ray-finned fish that lived from the late Triassic (Rhaetian) to the middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian).

Distribution

Fossils of Gyrodus have been found in:[1]

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
  • Gyrodus hexagonus
    Gyrodus hexagonus
  • Gyrodus circularis
    Gyrodus circularis

References

  1. ^ Gyrodus at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
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