Rhinopycnodus, Taverne & Capasso, 2013

Taverne, Louis & Capasso, Luigi, 2013, Osteology and relationships of Rhinopycnodus gabriellae gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, European Journal of Taxonomy 67, pp. 1-14 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2013.67
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2358BCCE-7E9E-445D-B4B6-BBB56453055B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3846647
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/61F4FDD2-68EC-49EE-B7AB-F36120047FDB
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:61F4FDD2-68EC-49EE-B7AB-F36120047FDB
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Rhinopycnodus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Rhinopycnodus gen. nov.

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Type-species

Rhinopycnodus gabriellae gen. et sp. nov. (by monotypy)

Diagnosis

As for the species (monospecific genus).

Etymology

From the Greek ris, rinos, the nose. Indeed, the upper jaw of the fish looks like a hog snout when seen in profile. The generic name Pycnodus is added.

Copyright notice

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Pycnodontiformes
Family	Pycnodontes

Specimens

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