Brembodontidae
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| Brembodontidae Temporal range: | |
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| Specimen of Brembodus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Brembodontidae Tintori, 1981 |
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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]