Gyronchus
Extinct genus of fishes
Gyronchus Temporal range: Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
Genus: | †Gyronchus Agassiz 1839 |
Type species | |
Gyronchus oblongus Agassiz, 1843 |
Gyronchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Jurassic. This genus is currently treated as a wastebasket taxon used for pycnodonts like Macromesodon and Turbomesodon.[1]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ^ Poyato-Ariza, F. J.; Wenz., S. (2004). "The new pycnodontid fish genus Turbomesodon, and a revision of Macromesodon based on new material from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Cuenca, Spain". Mesozoic Fishes 3—Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity.: 341–378.
External links
- Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
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