Pachycormidae

Taxobox
name = Pachycormidae

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image_caption = "Hypsocormus"
image_width = 250px
fossil_range = Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Osteichthyes
ordo = † Pachycormiformes
familia = † "Pachycormidae"
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Asthenocormus"
"Eugnathides"
"Euthynotoides"
"Euthynotus"
"Hypsocormus"
"Leedsichthys"
"Orthocormus"
"Pachycormus"
"Prosauropsis"
"Sauropsis"
"Saurostomus"

Pachycormidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish known from Mesozoic deposits from Eurasia and the Americas. They were characterized by having serrated pectoral fins, reduced pelvic fins and a bony rostrum. Their relations with other fish are unclear.

Gallery

ources/external links

*http://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/paleo/paleo/pachycor.html
*http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/100Neopterygii/100.600.html