Gyronchus Explained

Gyronchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Jurassic. This genus is wastebasket taxon used for pycnodonts like Macromesodon and Turbomesodon.^[1]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

External links

• Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database

Notes and References

1. Poyato-Ariza . F. J. . Wenz. . S. . 2004 . The new pycnodontid fish genus Turbomesodon, and a revision of Macromesodon based on new material from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Cuenca, Spain . Mesozoic Fishes 3—Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity. . 341–378.