Brembodontidae
| Brembodontidae Temporal range:
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| Specimen of Brembodus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Brembodontidae Tintori, 1981 |
| Genera | |
Brembodontidae is a family of pycnodontiform fish from the Late Triassic (Norian) to the Early Jurassic of Europe.[1][2] It contains three genera, along with one undescribed genus containing the species "Eomesodon" hoeferi. They represent some of the earliest known pycnodonts, which would go on to become one of the dominant fish groups in the succeeding Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. This family briefly survived the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event.[3]
References
- ^ TINTORI, A.; RENESTO, S. (2020-05-11). "The Macrosemiidae (Pisces, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy (N. Italy)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 89 (2). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/13442. ISSN 2039-4942.
- ^ Tintori, Andrea (1998). "Fish biodiversity in the marine Norian (Late Triassic) of northern Italy: The first Neopterygian radiation". Italian Journal of Zoology. 65 (sup1): 193–198. doi:10.1080/11250009809386812. ISSN 1125-0003.
- ^ Ebert, Martin (2026-02-03). "Macromesodon Blake, 1905 and Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous of England, France, and Germany". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 145: 97–129. doi:10.3897/sjp.145.177263. ISSN 1664-2384.