Biology:Pycnosteus

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Short description: Extinct genus of jawless fishes


Pycnosteus
Temporal range: Eifelian–Givetian
Pycnosteus tuberculata.jpg
Pycnosteus tuberculata
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Pycnosteida
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Pycnosteus

Preobrazensky, 1911
Binomial name
Pycnosteus tuberculata
Preobrazensky, 1911

Pycnosteus is an extinct genus of jawless fish from the Devonian. It is thought to have cruised through vegetation, eating small invertebrates which it knocked loose .[1]

Sources

  • Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson
  • Vertebrate Fossils and the Evolution of Scientific Concepts by W. Sargeant

Wikidata ☰ Q7262935 entry