Sigmapycnodus, Taverne & Capasso, 2018

Taverne, Louis & Capasso, Luigi, 2018, Osteology and relationships of Libanopycnodus wenzi gen. et sp. nov. and Sigmapycnodus giganteus gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, European Journal of Taxonomy 420, pp. 1-29 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.420
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F8E6FEEF-FC7A-4B40-AEEE-95DBC7BC61A4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5979273
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6855D3A7-D247-4065-81D2-26D5BD0ACF63
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:6855D3A7-D247-4065-81D2-26D5BD0ACF63
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Sigmapycnodus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Sigmapycnodus gen. nov.

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Type species

Sigmapycnodus giganteus gen. and sp. nov. (by monotypy).

Diagnosis

As for the species (monospecific genus).

Etymology

From the Greek letter ‘ sigma ’. The taxon name Pycnodus is added. The generic name refers to the sigmoid frontal profile of the new fossil fish.

Copyright notice

No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Pycnodontiformes
Family	Pycnodontidae

Specimens

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