Gladiopycnodontidae, Taverne & Capasso, 2013

Taverne, Louis & Capasso, Luigi, 2013, Gladiopycnodontidae, a new family of pycnodontiform fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of three genera, European Journal of Taxonomy 57, pp. 1-30 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2013.57
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3843787
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scientific name	Gladiopycnodontidae
status

Treatment

Family Gladiopycnodontidae fam. nov.

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Diagnosis

Small Coccodontoidea superfam. nov.. Snout elongated and forming a rostrum outpacing anteriorly the lower jaw level. Anterior tip of the rostrum formed by the long and broad prefrontal only. Premaxilla long, broad, toothless and sutured all along its dorsal margin with the prefrontal. Pectoral fin lost and replaced by a strong spine articulated with the cleithrum. Body entirely covered with small flake-like scales or with scutes.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Pycnodontiformes
Family	Gladiopycnodontidae

Specimens

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