Gibbodon is an extinct genus of marine pycnodontid ray-finned fish from the Late Triassic of Europe.[1] It contains a single species, G. cenensis from the Norian-aged Zorzino Limestone of Cene, Italy. It was previously placed in its own family Gibbodontidae[2], but is now known to belong in the family Brembodontidae.[3]
| Gibbodon Temporal range: | |
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| Specimen at Museo Caffi di Bergamo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Brembodontidae |
| Genus: | †Gibbodon Tintori, 1981 |
| Species: | †G. cenensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gibbodon cenensis Tintori, 1981 | |
It lived sympatrically with its close relative, Brembodus.
See also
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External links
edit- Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
- ↑ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 2024-04-01. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ↑ Nursall, Ralph Mesozoic Fishes – Systematics and Paleoecology, G. Arratia & G. Viohl (eds.), Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany, 1996 – ISBN 3-923871-90-2 "The phylogeny of pycnodont fishes"
- ↑ Ebert, Martin (2026-02-03). "Macromesodon Blake, 1905 and Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous of England, France, and Germany". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 145: 97–129. doi:10.3897/sjp.145.177263. ISSN 1664-2384.
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