Macropycnodon
Appearance
Macropycnodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
Genus: | †Macropycnodon Shimada et al., 2010 |
Species | |
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Macropycnodon is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish which existed in New Mexico during the upper Cretaceous period.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..598S. doi:10.1080/02724631003618298. S2CID 129687572.