Definition of Pycnodont. Meaning of Pycnodont. Synonyms of Pycnodont

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Definition of Pycnodont

Pycnodont
Pycnodont Pyc"no*dont, n. [Gr. ? thick, crowded + ?, ?, a tooth.] (Paleon.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.

Meaning of Pycnodont from wikipedia

- neopterygians was their effectiveness at adapting to different diets. Pycnodonts from the Late Tri****ic Zorzino Limestone in Italy had short and stout...
- Paleontology 36:1-122 Matsui, K.; Kimura, Y. (2022). "A "Mammalian-like" Pycnodont Fish: Independent Acquisition of Thecodont Implantation, True Vertical...
- such as Clevosaurus are described as "carn****ial-like". A lineage of pycnodont fish also developed carn****ials eerily convergent with those of modern...
- Ag****izilia is an extinct genus of both freshwater and marine pycnodont fishes from the mid-late Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian). The genus contains two...
- Lars (2005). "New insight into the distribution and palaeobiology of the pycnodont fish Gyrodus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 49–56. Fossils (Smithsonian...
- Samuel L.A. Cooper; David M. Martill (2020). "A diverse ****emblage of pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontomorpha) from the mid-Cretaceous, continental...
- are shown below. Cawley, John; Kriwet, Jürgen (14 June 2017). "A new pycnodont fish, Scalacurvichthys naishi gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous...
- ag****izii (Cooper, 1863) (the desert tortoise). In 2020, a new genus of pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) named Ag****azilia erfoundina (Cooper...
- which represented a subadult specimen. Polazzodus, being a low-bodied pycnodont, is most similar morphologically to Pycnodus and Tergestrinia, though...
- June 2023. Cooper, Samuel L. A.; Martill, David M. (1 December 2020). "Pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower...