Biology:Gyrodus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| Gyrodus hexagonus from Solnhofen, Germany | |
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| Genus: | Gyrodus Agassiz, 1843
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Gyrodus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform ray-finned fish that lived from the middle Jurassic (Bajocian) to the middle Cretaceous (Barremian).[2]
Gallery
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Gyrodus hexagonus -
Gyrodus circularis -
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References
- ↑ Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 74. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ↑ Kriwet, Jürgen; Schmitz, Lars (2005). "New insight into the distribution and palaeobiology of the pycnodont fish Gyrodus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (1): 49–56. https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app50-049.html.
Further reading
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
Wikidata ☰ Q1092164 entry
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