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.

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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
SubClass	Actinopterygii
Order	Pycnodontiformes
Family	Pycnodontidae
SubFamily	Pycnodontinae

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