Athrodon

Athrodon; Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pycnodontiformes
Family:	†Pycnodontidae
Genus:	†Athrodon; Sauvage, 1880
Type species
	Athrodon douvillei; Sauvage 1880
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Mesodon profusidens Gaudry et al 1890; Mesodon wittei Frick 1875;

Athrodon is an extinct genus of marine pycnodontid fish that lived in shallow seas in what is now England, Germany, Spain and France from the Late Jurassic until the genus' extinction during the start of the late Cretaceous.^[1] The various species are very similar in splenial bone and tooth morphology to Mesodon. Otherwise, no articulated or complete specimen is known: all fossil specimens are bone fragments and disarticulated teeth. This genus is thought to be diagnosed by the presence of four lateral tooth rows. The presence of this genusin the Cretaceous is disputed, as the remains of Cretaceous species could belong to other genera.^[2]

The following species are known:^[1]^[2]

A. crassus Woodward, 1893
A. intermedius Woodward, 1893
A. jessoni Woodward, 1895
A. boloniensis Sauvage, 1880
A. profusidens (Cornuel, 1886)
A. tenuis Woodward, 1893
A. wittei (Sauvage, 1880)

References

^ ^a ^b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
^ ^a ^b Kriwet, J. (2008-08-01). "The dentition of the enigmatic pycnodont fish, Athrodon wittei (Fricke, 1876) (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes; Late Jurassic; NW Germany)". Fossil Record. 11 (2): 61–66. doi:10.1002/mmng.200800002. ISSN 2193-0066.

A. S. Woodward 1916 The fossil fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations.

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[:0-1] "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

[:1-2] Kriwet, J. (2008-08-01). "The dentition of the enigmatic pycnodont fish, Athrodon wittei (Fricke, 1876) (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes; Late Jurassic; NW Germany)". Fossil Record. 11 (2): 61–66. doi:10.1002/mmng.200800002. ISSN 2193-0066.

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