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† Macropycnodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
† Pycnodontiformes
Family:
† Pycnodontidae
Genus:
† Macropycnodon

Shimada et al., 2010
Species
  • M. streckeri (Hibbard, 1939)
  • M. megafrendodon Shimada et al., 2010

Macropycnodon is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish which existed in New Mexico, USA during the upper Cretaceous period.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kenshu Shimada, Thomas E. Williamson & Paul L. Sealey (2010). "A new gigantic pycnodont fish from the Juana Lopez Member of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale of New Mexico, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 598–603. doi:10.1080/02724631003618298.
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