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Pycnodontidae
Taxonomy
Pycnodontes was named by Agassiz (1835).
It was corrected as Pycnodontidae by Cope (1887), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1916), Arambourg and Bertin (1958), Gardiner (1960), Applegate (1970), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Nursall (1996), Weems (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999), Forey et al. (2003) and Poyato-Ariza (2010).
It was assigned to Merospondyli by Cope (1887); to Protospondyli by Woodward (1895); to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1916); to Semionotiformes by Arambourg and Bertin (1958); to Pycnodontoidea by Gardiner (1960); to Pycnodontoidei by Nursall (1996) and Forey et al. (2003); and to Pycnodontiformes by Applegate (1970), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Weems (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999) and Poyato-Ariza (2010).
It was corrected as Pycnodontidae by Cope (1887), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1916), Arambourg and Bertin (1958), Gardiner (1960), Applegate (1970), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Nursall (1996), Weems (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999), Forey et al. (2003) and Poyato-Ariza (2010).
It was assigned to Merospondyli by Cope (1887); to Protospondyli by Woodward (1895); to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1916); to Semionotiformes by Arambourg and Bertin (1958); to Pycnodontoidea by Gardiner (1960); to Pycnodontoidei by Nursall (1996) and Forey et al. (2003); and to Pycnodontiformes by Applegate (1970), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Weems (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999) and Poyato-Ariza (2010).
Subtaxa
Acrotemnus, Anomoeodus, Athrodon, Callodus, Coccodus, Coelodus, Gyrodus, Iemanja, Macromesodon, Mesodon (syn. Typodus), Microdon, Microdus, Neoproscinetes, Nonaphalagodus, Nursallia, Omphalodus, Palaeobalistum, Paramicrodon, Proscinetes, Pycnodontinae, Pycnodus, Sphaerodus, Stemmatodus, Tepexichthys, Xenopholis
Sister taxa
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1887 | Pycnodontidae Cope p. 1018 |
| 1895 | Pycnodontidae Woodward p. 189 |
| 1916 | Pycnodontidae Woodward p. 47 |
| 1958 | Pycnodontidae Arambourg and Bertin p. 2176 |
| 1960 | Pycnodontidae Gardiner p. 363 |
| 1970 | Pycnodontidae Applegate p. 401 |
| 1975 | Pycnodontidae Sahni and Mishra p. 12 |
| 1981 | Pycnodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 85 |
| 1987 | Pycnodontidae Kumar and Loyal p. 68 |
| 1988 | Pycnodontidae Case and Schwimmer p. 297 |
| 1996 | Pycnodontidae Nursall p. 137 |
| 1999 | Pycnodontidae Goodwin et al. p. 732 |
| 1999 | Pycnodontidae Weems p. 55 |
| 2003 | Pycnodontidae Forey et al. p. 228 |
| 2010 | Pycnodontidae Poyato-Ariza p. 651 |
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