Gyrodus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Gyrodus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform ray-finned fish that lived from the middle Jurassic (Bajocian) to the middle Cretaceous (Barremian).[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Genus: | †Gyrodus Agassiz, 1843 |
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